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I wanted my own ice-cream van and to be a lollipop lady.
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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Joanne Froggatt
English actress
An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
That rather assumes I have grown up.
Emilia Fox
English actress and presenter
A cellist, inspired by my mum and dad’s friendship with Jacqueline du Pré, and seeing a documentary about her.
Jack Whitehall
English comedian, actor, presenter and writer
I was hellbent on being a Thunderbird. I was devastated when my parents finally told me it was a fictional organisation. Ruined my 18th.
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View profile →I worked in a call centre. I would go clubbing on a Saturday with my brother and my mates, get home for five or six in the morning, and then have to be at work at 8am.
A driving licence.
Essential, like oxygen.
Two friends who work for the NHS, Jason and Kate. One is a paramedic and one has been moved to work in an ICU.
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