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

The question

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.

Billie Piper

English actress and former singer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My mother. She raised four children pretty much on her own. My father was around, but always out at work.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2011 source ↗

Others on this question

Billy Ocean British singer

He passed away a few months ago: Muhammad Ali.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 August 2016 source ↗

Laurence Fox English actor and activist

My mum, because she raised five children. I am raising two and it’s hard work.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 December 2019 source ↗

Grace Coddington Welsh former model and creative director

All the people I work with, people like Anna Wintour and Bruce Weber.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 September 2015 source ↗

Lil Nas X American rapper

I have to say myself, because I know everything that he’s been through and still continues to go through. I admire him. So I vote me – I like him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2024 source ↗

My son's second birthday. It was a typical autumn day – bright sky, cold fingers. He was dressed as a skeleton and we ate chilli in the garden.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2011 source ↗

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