Minnie Driver Biography

Birth Name : Amelia Fiona J. Driver

Date of Birth : 31 January 1970, Finsbury Park, London

Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Occupation : Actress, singer

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, Ronnie Driver, was a businessman. She has a sister, Kate Driver, who's a model and a producer. Minnie's mother was her father's mistress. Her father's wife did not know about his second family. She has Irish, Scottish, Italian and French ancestry. She was raised in Barbados.

In "Circle of Friends" (1995), Driver charmed audiences as 'Benny' Hogan, a small-town girl who heads to a Dublin university and wins Chris O'Donnell's heart, despite being on the portly side. Owen Gliberman in Entertainment Weekly wrote "[Driver's] smile lights her up from within," leading the unknown actress to suddenly attract the notice of film directors of all stripes. She showcased both her music and acting abilities by playing a Russian country-western singer in the 1995 James Bond offering, "GoldenEye." Following several more British TV films, she was subsequently wooed by filmmakers across the pond, starring as the girlfriend of struggling Italian restaurateur Stanley Tucci in "Big Night" (1996), Tucci and Campbell Scott's indie gem and Grand Jury Prize nominee at Sundance. Driver next landed a key role in Barry Levinson's gritty New York chronicle "Sleepers" (1996), before donning a Chicago accent to play opposite John Cusack in the dark comedy "Grosse Point Blank" (1997), about a hit man attending his high school reunion.