Minnie Driver
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Driver at the premiere of Barney's Version in January 2011
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| Born |
Amelia Fiona Driver 31 January 1970 Marylebone, London, England |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, US |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
Bedales School Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Known for | Good Will Hunting |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
Amelia Fiona "Minnie" Driver (born 31 January 1970) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gus van Sant's Good Will Hunting (1997), as well as an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches (2007-2008).
Driver was born in Marylebone, London. Her mother, Gaynor Churchward (née Millington), is a fabric designer and former couture model. Her father, Charles Ronald Driver (1921–2009), was born in Swansea, Wales, of English and Scottish descent; he earned the Distinguished Flying Medal for his role in the Battle of Heligoland Bight and was a director of London United Investments.
Her parents never married, as her father was married to another woman throughout his relationship with her mother. Her parents separated when Minnie was six years old. She was sent to Bedales School, Hampshire as a boarder. Ronald Driver moved to Barbados, where Minnie spent her school holidays. She later attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, and Collingham College, an independent college in Kensington. Minnie has an older sister, Kate, who is a film producer and manager, and two younger half-brothers – Charlie Driver from her father's subsequent marriage, and Ed Churchward from her mother's subsequent marriage.
Driver's television debut was in a 1991 TV advertisement for Right Guard deodorant. Driver also made her stage debut in 1991, supplementing her income by performing as a jazz vocalist and guitarist. She appeared on British television with comedians Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci, and had small parts in Casualty, The House of Eliott, Lovejoy and Peak Practice. Driver gained broader public attention when she played the lead role in Circle of Friends in 1995. She followed this with supporting roles in GoldenEye (1995), Sleepers (1996) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). She played opposite Matt Damon as Skylar in the drama Good Will Hunting (1997), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
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