What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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

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Recorded Michelle Dockery said elsewhere, not written here
Many things. I remember wanting to be a vet, a ballet dancer and a hairdresser.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗

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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.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗
Fay Ripley English actress, television presenter, cookbook author
Donny Osmond’s wife. Still do.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2022 source ↗
Jessica Brown Findlay English actress
A ballet dancer. I danced from age two to 19. Giving up was not a choice; I had complications in an ankle operation.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗

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