Giovanna Fletcher: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

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

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Giovanna Fletcher said elsewhere, not written here

An actress. I started when I was 13 at theatre school. My first assembly, Tom and I were sat next to each other.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

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Jessica Raine British actress

I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2019 source ↗

Alex Hassell

My brother Joe, he’s nine years older than me.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗

Ashley Jensen Scottish actress and narrator

I did want to be an actor from an early age although I briefly dabbled with the idea of being a vet until I realised you had to stick your hand up a cow’s arse.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2017 source ↗

Katherine Parkinson English actor

An astronaut. I still do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 September 2020 source ↗