Although disapproving, her parents did not actively stand the way of her youthful desire to be an actor; she got early support and encouragement from Kenneth Branagh (after she sent him a fan letter) and Julian Fellowes (after he gave a talk at her school).
While her parents approved of her college choice, Ono said they disapproved of her lifestyle and chastised her for befriending people they found "beneath" her.
The woman was gunned down by her older brother last September, two days after her wedding, because her Pakistani family disapproved of her choice of a husband.
At 12, she moved to Addis Ababa, but her parents disapproved of her running.
Her father disapproved of her new boyfriend, Thomas Vonn, a former Olympic skier who was nine years older than she was.
Her parents disapproved of her moving in with a poor artist, she said, so "they cut me off".
At one meeting, her colleagues disapproved of her awarding Twizzlers to students who won a review game before a test.
She said many of her relatives disapproved of her public comments against the Bush administration; Álvaro Uribe, the Colombian president; and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the guerilla group that was holding the hostages.
In results released this morning Ashcroft's polling showed more than half of her constituents disapproved of her taking part, most of them doing so strongly, a finding echoed among those identifying as Tory voters.
She felt bad for Tanja and disapproved of her mother, but her stepfather fascinated her.
