Jessica Hynes: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

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.

Jessica Hynes

British actress and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Angelina Jolie, because she really seems to get shit done.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 August 2016 source ↗

Mentioned in this answer

Bill Bryson American-British author

Angela Merkel; she seems wise, compassionate, curiously huggable.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 February 2016 source ↗

My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗

Ralph Ineson English actor and narrator

Steven Spielberg. I can’t think of many people who have improved the human experience as much as that one man.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗

Emeli Sandé British singer

Stevie Wonder: he’s brought so much joy to the world for so many years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗