Image: Wikimedia CommonsMinnie Driver
British-American actress (born 1970)
Minnie Driver is a British and American actress and singer, born Amelia Fiona Jessica Driver in London on 31 January 1970. She broke through as the lead in the Irish romance Circle of Friends and earned Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Good Will Hunting. Her films also include Grosse Pointe Blank, Big Night and The Phantom of the Opera, and she voiced Lady Eboshi in the English version of Princess Mononoke. On television she starred in The Riches, About a Boy and Speechless. She has released three solo albums.
Minnie Driver appears in 4 films and 1 TV series in The Rerun, from 1995 to 2026. Most of that work is in thriller, action and drama. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Martin Campbell (2).
Known for
- Good Will Hunting (1997). The role earned her nominations for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
- Circle of Friends (1995). The 1995 film that marked her rise to prominence.
- The Riches. The series that brought Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
- Speechless. She starred in the ABC sitcom.
- Princess Mononoke, Lady Eboshi. She voiced Lady Eboshi in Hayao Miyazaki’s film.
Career
Driver worked in British television in the early 1990s, including The Day Today and Mr Wroe’s Virgins, while performing as a jazz singer. Circle of Friends (1995) made her a film lead, and a run of strong parts followed: a minor role in GoldenEye (1995), Big Night (1996), Sleepers (1996) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) opposite John Cusack. As Skylar in Good Will Hunting (1997) she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She voiced Jane in Disney’s Tarzan (1999) and moved into television with a recurring role on Will & Grace and the lead in FX’s The Riches, which brought Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She won a Genie Award for Barney’s Version and played the mother of a son with cerebral palsy in the ABC sitcom Speechless (2016 to 2019).
Where to start
- Good Will Hunting (1997): her Oscar-nominated role, warm and sharp opposite Matt Damon.
- GoldenEye (1995): a brief, comic early appearance in the Bond reboot.
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997): a cult hitman comedy where she holds her own against Cusack.
- Barney’s Version (2010): the Canadian film that won her a Genie.
Shows
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Minnie Driver been in?
- Minnie Driver appears in Run Away (2026), The Beekeeper (2024), Good Will Hunting (1997), Sleepers (1996) and GoldenEye (1995) on The Remote.
- When was Minnie Driver born?
- Minnie Driver was born on 31 January 1970.
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