Jaime Winstone: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Jaime Winstone said elsewhere, not written here

My Nanny Frances, my mum's mum.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2012 source ↗

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Laverne Cox

Leontyne Price gives me life. She broke racial barriers with inimitable poise, grace, and excellence, as well as unbelievable focus and vision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2018 source ↗

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 ↗

Rita Wilson American actress, singer, and producer

I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗

Mariska Hargitay