Minnie Driver
Highest Rated: 100% Uproar (2023)
Lowest Rated: 12% Slow Burn (2000)
Birthday: Jan 31, 1970
Birthplace: Finsbury Park, London, England, UK
Minnie Driver first made a splash in America with back-to-back roles in the comedy "Grosse Pointe Blank" (1997) and the drama "Good Will Hunting" (1997). Born in London in 1970, Driver took to both music and singing as a young child. She attended boarding school in Hampshire but spent vacations with her father who lived in Barbados. Though her music group the Milo Roth Band signed a recording contract when Driver was just 19, her first professional success came just a short while later when she began auditioning for and landing roles on screen. She appeared on "The House of Elliott" (BBC, 1991-94), "Casualty" (BBC, 1986-), and "Lovejoy" (BBC, 1986-1994) in 1991 alone, and co-starred on the mini-series "Mrs. Wroe's Virgins" (BBC, 1993) just two years later. Driver landed her big break in 1995 when she was cast as in the lead role of "ugly duckling" Benny in the drama "Circle of Friends" (1995). Driver gained 25 lbs. for the role, impressing audiences with her nuance and vulnerability. Following the small movie's sleeper success, she quickly shed the weight and took her talents stateside, winning tremendous acclaim for her performance in "Good Will Hunting." Driver branched into producing the following year with the drama "At Sachem Farm" (1998), but she remained most well known and in-demand for her abilities as an actor. She starred in the beauty pageant comedy-drama "Beautiful" (2000) as well as in the British comedy "High Heel and Lowlifes" (2001) before finally returning to her passion for singing, releasing her first album Everything I've Got in My Pocket in 2004. That same year found Driver playing opera diva Carlotta in the big screen adaptation of the musical "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004), for which she also performed the additional song "Learn to be Lonely" during the credits. Driver moved into TV in 2007, starring opposite Eddie Izzard on the series "The Riches" (FX, 2007-08) and earning major acclaim for her performance from critics. She released her sophomore album Seastories also in 2007. Though "The Riches" was cancelled after just two seasons, Driver continued her upward trajectory, appearing with Hilary Swank in "Conviction" (2010) and starring in the science fiction mini-series "The Deep" (BBC, 2010). She released a third album, Ask Me to Dance in 2014, shortly before joining the cast of the TV adaptation of "About a Boy" (NBC, 2014-15). The show came to an end in 2016, but Driver did not miss a beat, taking on the role of Maya DiMeo on the series "Speechless" (ABC, 2016-19).
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Filmography
Movies
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71% |
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The Beekeeper | Unknown (Character) | $66.2M | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Millers in Marriage | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
100% |
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Uproar | Shirley Waaka (Character) | - | 2023 |
46% |
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The Case of the Talking Mongoose | Anne (Character) | - | 2023 |
76% |
|
Chevalier | La Guimard (Character) | $3.5M | 2022 |
75% |
|
Rosaline | The Nurse (Character) | - | 2022 |
41% |
|
Cinderella | Queen Beatrice (Character) | - | 2021 |
42% |
|
Spinning Man | Ellen Birch (Character) | - | 2018 |
27% |
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The Wilde Wedding | Priscilla Jones (Character) | - | 2017 |
17% |
|
The Crash | Shannon Clifton (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Milky Way | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
84% |
|
Beyond the Lights | Macy Jean (Character) | $14.6M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
|
Return to Zero | Maggie Royal (Character) | - | 2014 |
38% |
|
Stage Fright | Kylie Swanson (Character) | $7.1K | 2014 |
56% |
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Peter Pan Live! | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
52% |
|
I Give It a Year | Naomi (Character) | $32.5K | 2013 |
54% |
|
Hunky Dory | Vivienne (Character) | $19.0K | 2011 |
77% |
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Barney's Version | 2nd Mrs. P (Character) | $7.5M | 2010 |
68% |
|
Conviction | Abra Rice (Character) | $6.8M | 2010 |
20% |
|
Motherhood | Sheila (Character) | $92.9K | 2009 |
45% |
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Take | Ana (Character) | $5.1K | 2007 |
29% | No Score Yet | Ripple Effect |
Kitty (Character), Executive Producer |
$13.8K | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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The Virgin of Juarez | Karina Danes (Character) | - | 2006 |
33% |
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The Phantom of the Opera | Carlotta (Character) | $51.2M | 2004 |
51% |
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Ella Enchanted | Mandy (Character) | $22.9M | 2004 |
78% |
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Owning Mahowny | Belinda (Character) | $1.0M | 2003 |
25% |
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Hope Springs | Vera (Character) | - | 2003 |
20% |
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High Heels and Low Lifes | Shannon (Character) | $226.8K | 2001 |
17% |
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Beautiful | Mona (Character) | $3.1M | 2000 |
12% |
|
Slow Burn | Trina McTeague (Character) | - | 2000 |
62% |
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Return to Me | Grace Briggs (Character) | $32.7M | 2000 |
85% |
|
An Ideal Husband | Miss Mabel Chiltern (Character) | $18.5M | 1999 |
89% |
|
Tarzan | Jane Porter (Voice) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
|
At Sachem Farm |
Kendal (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 1998 |
65% |
|
The Governess | Rosina 'Rosie' da Silva, aka Mary Blackchurch (Character) | $4.0M | 1998 |
34% |
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Hard Rain | Karen (Character) | $19.9M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trade Winds | Kendal (Character) | - | 1998 |
82% |
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Grosse Pointe Blank | Debi Newberry (Character) | $28.1M | 1997 |
93% |
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Princess Mononoke | Lady Eboshi (Voice) | - | 1997 |
97% |
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Good Will Hunting |
Skylar (Character), Original Song |
$138.3M | 1997 |
97% |
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Big Night | Phyllis (Character) | $12.0M | 1996 |
73% |
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Sleepers | Carol Martinez (Character) | $53.3M | 1996 |
78% |
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Circle of Friends | Bernadette `'Benny'` Hogan (Character) | $21.7M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cruel Train | Flora Mussell (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Zebra Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | God on the Rocks | Lydia (Character) | - | 1990 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Guest | 2024 |
28% | 13% | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Seanchaí (Character) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 13% | The View | Guest | 2017 2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014 2022 |
96% | 75% | Starstruck | Cath (Character) | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show |
Unknown (Guest Star), Guest |
2008 2010 2012-2013 2022 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 2016 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Happens in Hollywood | Self | 2021 |
69% | 66% | Modern Love | Unknown (Character) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Music Performer, Guest |
2011 2014 2017-2019 2021 |
74% | 75% | Will & Grace | Lorraine Finster (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 2020 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Speechless | Maya DiMeo (Character) | 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | 86% | SuperMansion | Debbie Devizo (Guest Voice) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2013-2014 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2016 |
74% | 80% | About a Boy | Fiona (Character) | 2014-2015 |
77% | 87% | The Red Tent | Leah (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Hell's Kitchen | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Web Therapy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Valerie (Guest Star) | 2010 |
86% | 57% | The Riches | Dahlia Malloy (Character) | 2007-2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Lorraine Finster (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Absolutely Fabulous | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1995 |