Rose Ayling-Ellis
British actress
Rapping the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme on national television.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being caught having an emergency pee in the Cotswolds by two unsuspecting walkers.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗
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View all 124 →Fifteen years ago, I totally forgot my lines on stage and was mortified. We skipped two pages of dialogue and took three minutes off the play – to the delight of the audience!
On radio, I once said “anal” instead of “angel”.
Congratulating Dua Lipa on managing to release a single in such a tough industry, because I thought she was a struggling indie artist. I Googled her the next day and realised that she has 88 million followers.
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A saint. Then a ballerina.
Things change.
A longed-for, familiar shore at sunset.
Never making it into a Sondheim musical.
When my son was born. Actually, probably a month after, when I got over the enormous responsibility of being a mum.
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