The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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On stage with my band.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 November 2025 source ↗
Finding out I was pregnant when I’d been told it would be difficult to have children.
When I had my catheter taken out, thanks for asking.
Getting my full Equity card as a professional performer.
March 1981 – preparing to open The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow, for a new season.
Seeing my kids getting older scares me.
I’m quite stubborn.
People who aren’t polite.
I was in Oliver! when I was 10 and I peed myself on stage in front of however many people the Palladium holds. It was the stuff of nightmares.
Complicated, chaotic, messy.
“You’re not in Busted any more.” I successfully auditioned to be in Busted and then a couple of days later I got a phone call to say that I was no longer needed as they were going to keep it as the three of them. But it ended up being OK.
Joanne Froggatt, Clive Myrie, Ethan Hawke, Helen George, Jimmy Kimmel, Joseph Fiennes
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