Faith Salie

Faith Salie
Salie at the 2010 Boston Book Festival
Born	(1971-04-14) April 14, 1971 (age 53) South Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Northwestern University Harvard University (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil)
Occupations	Actress writer radio host television personality television presenter
Years active	1994–present
Spouses	Nick Holly ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2009)​ John Semel ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2
Website	Official website

Faith Coley Salie (born April 14, 1971) is an American journalist, writer, actress, comedian, television, radio, and podcast host. She is a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and a panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. She hosted Science Goes To The Movies on PBS and CUNY TV. She is a storyteller for The Moth, with her story viewed over 4 million times. Her first book, Approval Junkie, "a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval," was published by Crown in April 2016. Salie adapted it into a solo show which she performed Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theater in New York City in 2021. The play premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in 2019.