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Minnie Driver, Actress: Good Will Hunting. Amelia Fiona J. Driver was born January 31, 1970 in Finsbury Park, London. Her mother, Gaynor.
Amelia Fiona J. Driver was born January 31, 1970 in Finsbury Park, London. Her mother, Gaynor Churchward, was a designer and former couture model and her father, Charles Ronald Ronnie Driver, was a businessman. She has a sister, Kate Driver, who is a model and a producer. Minnie s mother was her father s mistress. Minnie s father s wife did not know about his second family. Her father was born in Swansea, Wales, to parents from England and Scotland, and her mother is English. Minnie was raised partly in Barbados.
Her first major role was in the film Circle of Friends 1995 opposite Chris O Donnell and Colin Firth. In the next few years she had roles in films such has GoldenEye 1995, Sleepers 1996 and Grosse Pointe Blank 1997. In 1997 she starred in the popular and financially successful film Good Will Hunting 1997 opposite Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who also wrote the screenplay for the film and received Oscars for their achievement. The film also earned Minnie an Oscar nomination for best actress in a supporting role.
She had a noted recurring role on Will Grace 1998 in 2003-2004 and also appeared in films such as An Ideal Husband 1999, Return to Me 2000, Owning Mahowny 2003, Ella Enchanted 2004, The Phantom of the Opera 2004, Delirious 2006 and Take 2007. She starred in the popular Tv-series The Riches 2007 opposite Eddie Izzard. She now stars in the NBC sitcom, About a Boy 2014
Minnie has been romantically linked with several of her co-stars, including Matt Damon and John Cusack. She was engaged to marry Josh Brolin before they broke up suddenly in 2001. In the last few years she has kept her private life, private. On March 13, 2008, during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992, she announced that she was expecting her first child. On September 5, 2008, she gave birth to a boy named Henry Story Driver. The name of the baby s father has not been revealed.
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She was raised in Barbados.
Attended finishing schools in Paris and Grenoble.
Her sister, Kate Driver, is a model and producer.
Worked as a jazz singer and guitarist in London.
Had her appendix removed. August 2000
Announced she and Josh Brolin had broken up. October 2001
Completed her debut album, Everything I ve Got In My Pocket 2004
The name Minnie was a childhood nickname.
During her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992, she described her place of dwelling as a modular home by the beach in Los Angeles, CA. She used the word modular despite Jay Leno s attempts at correcting her to say trailer.
Recorded dialogue for a scene in The Simpsons Movie 2007. Her scene was ultimately cut from the film.
Gave birth to first child, a boy named Henry Story Driver, on September 5, 2008. He weighed 9 lbs. 12 oz.
Daughter of Gaynor Churchward and Ronnie Driver.
Father of her son Henry is Timothy J. Lea. His identity as the father of Driver s son remained a secret until 2012, when Driver opened up about the identity of the father of Henry. Driver and Lea, who dated for a short time in 2009, weren t dating anymore during Driver s pregnancy and Lea wasn t involved much in his son s upbringing.
Gave birth to her son Henry naturally at home after enduring a 25-hour labor.
People go You look a lot like Minnie Driver. Once I said, Thanks, Minnie is a great actress. But, it blew up in my face. This person said, Nah, didn t like the last movie she did.
Visiting factories in Cambodia: Every time companies squeeze to get lower production costs, faster production, it s nobody but the working women who suffer and their families back at home.
I box as a sport, but I d never box with a man. I m not afraid of getting hurt. Quite the opposite: I m afraid I d get carried away and hurt the guy.
Meet actress Minnie Driver, who has starred in films like Circle of Friends, Grosse Pointe Blank and Good Will Hunting, at Biography.com.
Amelia Fiona J. Driver was born January 31, 1970 in Finsbury Park, London. Her mother, Gaynor Churchward, was a designer and former couture model and.
Minnie Driver was born in London, England, but raised in Barbados. She was educated in Paris and Grenoble finishing schools. She was introduced to the US in the film.
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Ask Me To Dance AVAILABLE NOW. Ask Me to Dance marks another notable landmark in Driver s creative evolution. Where her first two albums, 2004 s Everything I ve Got.
