Jodie Whittaker: What is the worst job you have ever had?

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Jodie Whittaker

English actress

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Working in a soap factory in Huddersfield. I was in my late teens, so I was basically hungover every day.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 September 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

Andy Serkis English actor

Putting ball bearings into Mum roll-on deodorant bottles in a factory, one summer when I was 17.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗

Adeel Akhtar British actor

In Brooklyn, I was a dishwasher in a sandwich shop.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗

Adjoa Andoh English actress

Cleaning men’s toilets in the Swan hotel in the Cotswolds.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗

Siri Hustvedt American novelist, essayist, poet

I was a floor model briefly at Bloomingdale’s in New York in 1979. I hated it. When no one was watching, I would lock myself in the toilet and read.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2017 source ↗

A tumble dryer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 September 2018 source ↗

My friendships.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 September 2018 source ↗

Getting my tongue pierced aged 15, when I had train-track braces on both my top and bottom teeth. Huge error.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 September 2018 source ↗

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