What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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Recorded Anna Friel said elsewhere, not written here
A barrister or a pop star.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

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Jessica Brown Findlay English actress
A ballet dancer. I danced from age two to 19. Giving up was not a choice; I had complications in an ankle operation.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗

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I nearly died by burst ovarian cyst in 2001. I was doing the front cover of a magazine and someone said, “Can you not pull your tummy in?” It turned out that I had been carrying two litres of blood in my stomach. I was rushed to hospital the next morning and nearly died of septicaemia. They had to give me two blood transfusions. Had it been an hour later it would have been bye bye.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2019 source ↗

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