Douglas Booth: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

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

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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.

Douglas Booth

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗

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Rita Wilson American actress, singer, and producer

I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗

Judy Murray Scottish tennis coach

Billie Jean King. She’s the reason tennis is such an equal sport in terms of opportunity for women.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 December 2020 source ↗

Dominic West English actor

Stacey Dooley. She does incredible documentaries – in one, she took spoiled British kids to the Philippines to work in a factory. It’s exactly what my kids need to watch.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 December 2018 source ↗

Hayley Atwell British American actress