Who did you aspire to when you were younger?

[Mrsknackered]

Probably show my age a bit, but...

Non fictional:

Trude Mostue - the TV vet from Vet School and Vets in Practice. In fact my photo was even taken holding a picture of her, for an art exhibition

Fictional:
Flavia from the Roman Mysteries book series. Ginny Weasley for a bit too.

David Seaman. Don't know why, as I never enjoyed playing football. But there we go.
And I was 100% convinced I was going to be the White Cat Victoria from the musical CATS.

Captain Janeway or Xena Warrior Princess. I wanted to be cool, badass, in command....

Never any of those things sadly!

Real life: I wanted to be an air hostess
Fiction : Lucky Santangelo from Jackie Collins’ books

Kelly Clarkson. Mid 00's when I was about 15/16. Loved her songs and loved her look.

Linda Hamilton, Terminator 2. Still kind of do.

George from The Famous Five....

Or Kenny Dalgleish...being female was the block on being a professional footballer ...

Anyone from the Pony Club books, Hermione from Harry Potter and, at one point, Charlotte Church

Perry Mason (the reboot, not the 60s original)

He made me want to become a barrister, until one of them education people who came to schools told me to aim lower as people from my background didn't become barristers. He told me to aim for a legal secretary.

The twat. Talk about pissing on my bonfire.

Sandy from Grease. The bit at the end where she becomes Sexy sandy. I so wanted to be like her!

At various times, Jane Goodall, Kay Scarpetta and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I really really really wanted to be Sabrina the teenage witch 😂
Or buffet the vampire slayer and then Lizzie mguire :/

Other than that actual people I wanted to be Margaret thatcher from about age 5 ( have no idea why )

Buffet !!! Clearly meant buffy 🙈

Audrey Hepburn. Cliche, probably. I wanted to be her because she had elegance, intelligence, humour, warmth and spunk. I still aspire to be her.

Miss Piggy

Blonde, buxom and ballsy

Real

Princess Diana. I was 9 when she married Charles and I loved every second of it. I still get a bit misty eyed if I see a pic of her in her wedding dress.

Fictional

I loved Private Benjamin! Goldie Hawn is so gorgeous and being in the army seemed like a lot of fun

Wonder Woman and / or Joanna Lumley

Sometimes I think I'd still like to be either of them

I wanted to be in an Australian women's prison. I loved the look of the laundry presses on Prisoner Cell Block H.

The ones I'll admit to:

Ace from Doctor Who
She-Ra

Kate Adie. I thought she was amazing - I still do. Our school careers adviser suggested journalism courses were "too competitive" - had I thought about being a teacher? (No, because I had no interest in it!) Anyway, 20 years later... I was never Kate Adie. I work in an office!

Growing up with Saturday black & white films, I always wanted to be Margaret Lockwood - stunning actress, beautiful, poised and elegant. Me - short, fat, bad skin, could trip over fresh air.

Recently Daenerys Targaryen - ooh the power ! (and John Snow !)

Feckit I wanted to be John Barnes. Being female, white and shit at football never bothered me but I couldn't rap either so that was that down the swanny.

Daphne from Scooby Doo.

I’m halfway there - I look a bit like Velma.

Lady Penelope as a child
Joanna Lumley as Purdey as a teen
After that I got real and tried just to be me.

For about 10 minutes in Sixth Form I wanted to be Cherie Blair

ciao ha ha. You just reminded me of an earnest PTA model who with a straight face asked e to support her campaign for trousers for girls because Cherie Blair wore them and was a brilliant role model for our daughters.