Abi Morgan: 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 Abi Morgan said elsewhere, not written here

Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep – all suffragettes, in their own way.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

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Angus Deayton English actor, comedian, presenter and writer

Sir Alex Ferguson is the most impressive person I’ve met in terms of charisma and achievement.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2016 source ↗

Ruth Jones Welsh actress, producer, and writer

My mother, Hannah: nearly 82, mother of four, homemaker, retired GP and knitter extraordinaire.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 November 2018 source ↗

Garrison Keillor

My president, a heroic figure—also good- humored, pretty smart, elegant; and if the rest of the world thinks he typifies America, I don’t mind at all.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2009 source ↗

Bear Grylls

I love and admire Julia Roberts, one of our Running Wild guests, for the way she has a few close friends, is loyal to her family, doesn’t believe in all the fame stuff and can laugh at herself.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗