Fay Ripley: As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?

The question

Originally asked

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

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Fay Ripley

English actress, television presenter, cookbook author

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Donny Osmond’s wife. Still do.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

Mathew Horne English actor

I wanted to be a prosthetic makeup artist after watching A Nightmare On Elm Street.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗

Rose McGowan American actress and activist

A mortician – I worked in a funeral home when I was 14.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 December 2018 source ↗

Ivan Lendl Czech and American tennis player

I always wanted to play tennis. Otherwise, I always thought it would be fun to do something in mathematics or physics.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗

Roger Allam English actor

When I was a child, it was a bus driver or engine driver; then, when I was a teenager, I went to the theatre and wanted to be an actor.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2017 source ↗