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C. Salie SAG/AFTRA/AEA |
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Faith
Salie
is a television and radio host, commentator, interviewer, "ethics
expert," actor, comedian, and journalist, but she prefers to be called,
simply, a protean raconteuse. She was the host and executive producer
of the national
public radio
show Fair Game
from PRI with Faith Salie.
During its 300 episode run, she conducted over 1000 interviews with the
likes of President Carter, Lorne Michaels, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Slash,
Elizabeth Edwards, Norah Jones, Oliver Sacks, Tom Brokaw, and a family
of champion elk callers. Faith has asked:
On television, Faith stars in the upcoming Planet Green series Treehugger TV. She hosts the Sundance Channel's coverage of the Sundance Film Festival, conducting interviews with filmmakers and actors such as Chris Rock, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mo'Nique, Billy Bob Thornton, The Doors, Kristen Wiig, Tilda Swinton, and Paul Giamatti. Faith was also one of the stars of the critically-acclaimed improvisational sitcom, Significant Others on Bravo. She has appeared in numerous sitcoms and dramas--from a memorable turn in gold lamé on Sex and the City to reaching the arcane iconic status of "tradable life form" for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans. Faith is a contributor to O, the Oprah Magazine, as an ethics expert and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, taking on Randy Cohen, The New York Times ethicist. She regularly writes for Slate.com and Oprah.com. As a commentator on politics and current events, Faith is a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and is a regular guest on Fox News' late-night talkshow Red Eye and NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. She's had a few go-'rounds on The O'Reilly Factor, opined on The Joy Behar Show, and has contributed to the national public radio shows Tell Me More and The Takeaway. For the latter, she covered both the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions. She serves as one of the moderators for the World Science Festival, leading panels with scientists such as Richard Leakey, VS Ramachandran, and Ray Kurzweil. To justify her subscriptions to Star and US Weekly, Faith offers pop-culture punditry on a variety of VH-1 shows. Faith has regularly performed as a stand-up comedian at the Hollywood Improv. She is also a television writer and has created/executive produced pilots for Fox, VH-1, and the Oxygen Network. Faith is a Rhodes scholar who graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard. She completed an M.Phil. in Literature at Oxford University. Faith was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, which means she uses "wicked" as an adverb and also says "y'all." Faith's hobbies include baking white trash treats and giving them away before she can eat them. Representation: Adam Nettler, N.S. Bienstock, Inc. 212.765.3040
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