Faith Salie

Faith Coley Salie (born April 14, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, radio host, and television personality. She first became known for her role as Sarina Douglas on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and went on to host the Public Radio International program Fair Game with Faith Salie.

Background

Family

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Salie is the youngest of three children born to real estate investor Robert Salie and Gail Coley Salie. She grew up in the Atlanta area with her two older brothers, Doug (the eldest) and David Salie, who served as Director of House Party Fundraising for the 2004 Howard Dean presidential campaign.

Salie was married on June 4, 2005 to Nick Holly, a television writer and producer, and brother of actress Lauren Holly. The couple divorced in 2009. Salie married John Semel on October 16, 2011 in Rome, Italy. The couple have two children, born in 2012 and 2014.

Education

Salie graduated in 1989 from North Springs High School in Fulton County, Georgia (now Sandy Springs, Georgia). She enrolled as an undergraduate at Northwestern University and later transferred to Harvard University. She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard with a degree in History and Literature of Modern France and England. Awarded a Rhodes scholarship, she earned an M.Phil. in Modern English Literature from Oxford University.