Dawn O’Porter: 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 Dawn O’Porter said elsewhere, not written here

My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗

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Seth Rogen

My wife (Borat voice).

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2017 source ↗

Rose Ayling-Ellis British actress

Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2024 source ↗

Laverne Cox

Leontyne Price gives me life. She broke racial barriers with inimitable poise, grace, and excellence, as well as unbelievable focus and vision.

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

Laura Kenny English cyclist

Stephen Hawking: what he does is incredible. My nan died of motor neurone disease, which he has.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗