Lena Headey: When were you happiest?

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

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Recorded Lena Headey said elsewhere, not written here

At the end of each day when I sit with my son and he's tired and I get to cuddle him. Otherwise, it's impossible. Ninjas and dragon hunters don't sit still that often.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2013 source ↗

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Marian Keyes Irish writer

Last Tuesday, lying on the couch, watching Schitt’s Creek with my husband. Happiness is the small, ordinary days, not the big, up-in-lights ones.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 January 2021 source ↗

Paapa Essiedu British actor

I was a happy kid. I had quite a small life: I grew up in Walthamstow and didn’t really leave east London. I didn’t go to the South Bank for the first time until I was 18 years old.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗

Miriam Margolyes