Isla Fisher: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Isla Fisher said elsewhere, not written here

David Walliams, for making the transition from comic actor to bestselling kids’ author. I’m not sure I’ll be able to do the same.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2016 source ↗

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Erin Doherty

My sister. She is the most loving, positive and generous person I know.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗

Jacqueline Novogratz Founder and chief executive of Acumen

Eleanor Roosevelt. She represents a woman of great privilege, who never shied away from that privilege. She used her privilege to help the most vulnerable, the voices unheard.

Recorded Acumen America, 22 May 2024 source ↗

Nadiya Hussain British television chef, baker and author

My little sister Yasmin. She’s got congenital heart disease, but continues to smile regardless.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2016 source ↗

Mario Molina Atmospheric chemist; Nobel laureate in Chemistry, 1995

there are really very many. Again, as a child, it was obviously those scientists which had lived in the past that had made such an important mark in science history.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interviewer, Academy of Achievement interview, 1996, 1996 source ↗