Minnie Driver
Highest Rated: 97% Good Will Hunting (1997)
Lowest Rated: 12% Slow Burn (2000)
Birthday: Jan 31, 1970
Birthplace: London
Displaying talent both for acting and for appearing at awards ceremonies wearing dresses that attract more attention than the awards themselves, Minnie Driver rose from almost complete obscurity to her position as one of the most visible British actresses of the 1990s over the course of just a few years. Born Amelia Driver in London on January 31, 1971, she was christened "Minnie" by her sister, who was too young to pronounce her little sister's name correctly. Raised in Barbados and schooled in locales as diverse as Paris, Grenoble, and Hampshire, Driver attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she studied drama.Driver got her start on the stage and on television and made her big-screen debut in Circle of Friends in 1995. Playing the film's protagonist -- a "big, soft girl," as one of the film's characters calls her -- she was required to gain over 20 pounds for the role. She won critical acclaim for her performance, but had trouble finding more work until she lost the weight. Once she was revealed to be a statuesque beauty in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995), she soon was being written up in a number of magazine articles that hailed her as one to watch. Critical appreciation for her work in Sleepers and Stanley Tucci's Big Night followed in 1996, and the next year, Driver proved herself capable of handling both comedy and a convincing Midwestern accent in Grosse Pointe Blank. That same year, she had what was possibly her most high-profile role to date in Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting. Starring as Matt Damon's brilliant girlfriend (a role she reportedly played offscreen as well), she earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance.In 1998, Driver could be seen in The Governess and At Satchem Farm, a romantic comedy she executive produced with her sister, Kate, and actor Nigel Hawthorne. She also ventured into the action realm with Hard Rain. Driver then put her voice to lucrative use, voicing characters in Disney's Tarzan, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut in 1999, and Lady Eboshi in the 1999 English dubbed release of the Japanese film Princess Mononoke. That same year, she took a swing at Oscar Wilde, starring in Oliver Parker's adaptation of Wilde's An Ideal Husband with Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, and Jeremy Northam. Driver then shed her corset and donned an American accent for her starring role in Bonnie Hunt's Return to Me (2000), a romantic comedy that cast the actress as a woman who falls in love with a widowed architect (David Duchovny) and discovers a surprising secret about the identity of his dead wife.Driver returned to television in 2007, when she co-starred with Eddie Izzard for the FX Network's The Riches, a series following a family squatting in an upscale suburban community. The role earned her nominations for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series in both 2007 and 2008. In 2010, Driver joined actress Hilary Swank in Conviction, a film chronicling the real-life story of a single mother who obtains a law degree to represent her brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. The same year, Driver joined Paul Giamatti for which she would earn a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress. The actress co-starred with a cast including Vera Farmiga and Will Arnett in the 2011 comedy Goats.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42% | Spinning Man | Ellen Birch | — | 2018 |
| 27% | The Wilde Wedding | Priscilla Jones | — | 2017 |
| 17% | The Crash (Jekyll Island) | Shannon Clifton | — | 2017 |
| 84% | Beyond the Lights | Macy Jean | $14.7M | 2014 |
| 37% | Stage Fright | Kylie Swanson | — | 2014 |
| 56% | Peter Pan Live! | Actor | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Return to Zero | Maggie | — | 2014 |
| 51% | I Give It a Year | Naomi | $5.9M | 2013 |
| 54% | Hunky Dory | Vivienne Mae | $14.7K | 2013 |
| 79% | Barney's Version | 2nd Mrs. "P" | $7.6M | 2011 |
| 67% | Conviction | Abra Rice | $6.8M | 2010 |
| 20% | Motherhood | Sheila | $50.6K | 2009 |
| 43% | Take | Ana Nichols | — | 2008 |
| 29% | Ripple Effect | Kitty Executive Producer | — | 2008 |
| 82% | Delirious | Actor | — | 2007 |
| 88% | The Simpsons Movie | Actor | $183.2M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | The Virgin of Juarez | Journalist | — | 2006 |
| 33% | The Phantom of the Opera | Carlotta | $51.2M | 2005 |
| 50% | Ella Enchanted | Mandy | $22.9M | 2004 |
| 79% | Owning Mahowny | Belinda | $0.8M | 2003 |
| 23% | Hope Springs | Vera | — | 2003 |
| 20% | High Heels and Lowlifes | Shannon | — | 2001 |
| 16% | Beautiful | Mona | $2.9M | 2000 |
| 12% | Slow Burn | Trina McTeague | — | 2000 |
| 62% | Return to Me | Grace Briggs | — | 2000 |
| 93% | Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) | Lady Eboshi [English Version] | — | 1999 |
| 80% | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | Brooke Shields | — | 1999 |
| 85% | An Ideal Husband | Mabel | — | 1999 |
| 89% | Tarzan | Jane | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | At Sachem Farm (Uncorked) (Trade Winds) (Higher Love) | Kendal | — | 1999 |
| 65% | The Governess | Rosina da Silva | — | 1998 |
| 97% | Good Will Hunting | Skylar | — | 1997 |
| 28% | Hard Rain | Karen | — | 1997 |
| 80% | Grosse Pointe Blank | Debi Newberry | — | 1997 |
| 73% | Sleepers | Carol | — | 1996 |
| 96% | Big Night | Phyllis | — | 1996 |
| 78% | GoldenEye | Irina | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Politician's Wife | Actor | — | 1995 |
| 78% | Circle of Friends | Benny | — | 1994 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet |
Speechless 2016-2019 |
Maya DiMeo |
2019 2018 2017 2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2019 2018 2017 2010 2008 2007 2006 2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Conan 2010 |
Guest |
2018 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015-2019 |
Guest |
2018 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
Will & Grace 2017 |
Lorraine Finster |
2018 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter 2015 |
Panelist |
2017 |
| No Score Yet |
The Talk 2010 |
Guest |
2017 2016 2014 2013 2012 |
| No Score Yet |
The View 1997 |
Guest |
2017 2010 |
| No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009-2019 |
Guest |
2016 |
| 74% |
About a Boy 2014-2015 |
Fiona |
2015 2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately 2007-2014 |
Guest |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Hell's Kitchen 2005-2019 |
Appearing |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014 |
Guest |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning 2011-2018 |
Appearing |
2014 |
| 77% |
The Red Tent 2014 |
Leah |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014 |
Guest |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Hollywood Game Night 2013 |
Appearing |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show 2007 |
Guest |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson 2005-2014 |
Guest |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
Cupcake Wars 2010-2016 |
Judge |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Web Therapy 2011-2014 |
Allegra Favreau |
2012 2011 |
| 85% |
Modern Family 2009 |
Sue Valerie |
2011 2010 |
| 68% |
American Idol 2002-2016 |
Appearing |
2008 |
| 86% |
The Riches 2007-2008 |
Dahlia Malloy |
2008 2007 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014 |
Performer |
2005 |
| 96% |
Absolutely Fabulous 1992-2012 |
Herself |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Will & Grace 1998 |
Lorraine Finster Lorraine Binstock |
2004 2003 1999 |
| No Score Yet |
The Chris Isaak Show 2001-2004 |
Herself |
2001 |
| No Score Yet |
Mystery! 1980-2007 |
1994 |
QUOTES FROM Minnie Driver CHARACTERS
Maggie says: You know what's strange? This pain I feel... I love it. I LOVE it. And I embrace it. I'm afraid if I let it go, I'm gonna lose the last little piece of him I still have. It's funny, this thing no one tells you about... about the relationship that begins with them after they die. If I can... quiet my head down enough, I can feel him. I hear him.
Colin Ware says: I'm totally unshakable on this.
Vera Edwards says: I can feel your resolve stiffening.
Jane says: put me down! put me down! *scary monkeys appear*
Jane says: Put me down! Put me down! *scary monkeys appear*
Jane says: Pick me up! pick me up! pick me up!
Jane says: Pick me up! Pick me up! Pick me up!
Jane says: His eyes were intense and focused and, I'd never seen such eyes...
Professor Porter says: oh, ahem, should i leave you and the blackboard alone for a moment ?
Professor Porter says: Oh, ahem, should I leave you and the blackboard alone for a moment?
Gilles Andre says: Senorita, these things do happen.
La Carlotta says: For the past 3 years, "these things do happen" and did you stop them from happening? No! And you two! You are as bad as him! "These things do happen." *grunts with anger* Until you stop these things from happening, this thing does not happen.
La Carlotta says: For the past 3 years, 'these things do happen' and did you stop them from happening? No! And you two! You are as bad as him! 'These things do happen.' *grunts with anger* Until you stop these things from happening, this thing does not happen.
Lady Eboshi [English Version] says: What exactly are you here for?
Ashitaka [English Version] says: To see with eyes unclouded by hate.
Lefevre says: We get our opera!
Gilles Andre says: (whispers) She gets her line right...
Gilles Andre says: (whispers) She gets her line right.
Gilles Andre says: [whispers] She gets her line right.
Carlotta says: [whispers] She gets her limelight.
Carol says: Mug me or marry me, Shakes. I'm too tired for anything else.
Carol says: The man I know is not the boy you remember.
Lorenzo a.k.a. Shakes says: None of us are.