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Minnie Driver (born January 31, 1970) is an Emmy-, BAFTA- and Academy Award-nominated English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting.
Acting career
Before receiving worldwide recognition, she appeared on British television
with renowned comedians such as Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci and had
small parts in such shows as Casualty, Lovejoy and Peak Practice, among
others. Driver first came to broad public attention when she played the lead
role in Circle of Friends and in 1997 in Good Will Hunting. In 2003 and
2004, she had a noted recurring role on Will & Grace as Lorraine Finster,
the nemesis of Karen Walker (Megan Mullally) and daughter of Karen's lover,
Lyle Finster (John Cleese). Driver has also worked on several animated
features, including Disney's 1999 version of Tarzan and the 1999
dubbed-English version of the Japanese film Princess Mononoke.
On March 12, 2007, Driver made her return to television starring alongside
Eddie Izzard on the FX Network show The Riches, a series about a family of
Travellers living in an upscale gated community in the suburbs. She was
nominated for the 2007 Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Dramatic Series.
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Music career
Early in her career Driver was a member of a band called "Puff, Rocks and
Brown"; the band was signed to a development deal with Island Records, which
ended without a release.
She began a low-profile return to music in 2000; the following year, she
signed with EMI and Rounder Records and performed at SXSW. Canadian music
producer Colin Craig assisted in the eventual release of Everything I've Got
in My Pocket, which reached No. 34 in the UK, and a second single,
"Invisible Girl" peaking at No. 68. The album was backed by a group
including members of the Wallflowers and Pete Yorn's band. Driver wrote 10
of the 11 songs on the album and also covered "Hungry Heart" from Bruce
Springsteen's The River. In 2004, Driver was the support act for the Finn
Brothers on the UK portion of their world tour.
In 2004, Driver played Carlotta Giudicelli in Joel Schumacher's film of The
Phantom of the Opera. Because of the vocal requirements of the role, Driver
was the sole cast member to have her voice dubbed. However, she did lend her
own voice to Learn to be Lonely, a song written by Andrew Lloyd Webber
specifically for the film version of his musical (it plays over the closing
credits of the movie). Driver released her second album entitled Seastories
on July 17, 2007. The 12-track set is produced by Marc "Doc" Dauer, who also
produced Everything I've Got in My Pocket. Ryan Adams and Liz Phair are
among the list of collaborators for the album.
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Personal life
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Driver has been linked romantically with several of her costars, including
John Cusack, Josh Brolin, and Matt Damon. A false rumour circulated that
Driver found out that Damon had broken up with her when he announced it on
The Oprah Winfrey Show—a version of events that both Damon and Driver have
repeatedly denied. Driver was engaged to marry Brolin before a sudden
breakup in 2001. Driver has said her relationship with Brolin's stepmother,
Barbra Streisand, was difficult. On March 13, 2008, during an appearance on
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, she announced that she is currently
expecting her first child in August. This announcement ended weeks of
speculation that she was pregnant. On September 5, 2008, she gave birth to a
boy named Henry Story Driver. She is also cousin to American
singer/songwriter/actor Josh Driver.
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