Fay Ripley
English actress, television presenter, cookbook author
Donny Osmond’s wife. Still do.
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A fishmonger, then a surgeon.
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A writer. Always.
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A writer, I’m sorry to say. Boring, I know, but true.
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
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Our son. And ideas for Woman’s Hour, or businesses to start.
A wedding, in 2012.
A cure for endometriosis.
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