Minnie Driver

Biography

Amelia Fiona Jessica "Minnie" Driver (born January 31, 1970) is an English actress and singer. She's best known for her roles as Skylar in Good Will Hunting, Maya DiMeo on the sitcom Speechless, Dahlia Molloy on the series The Riches, Fiona on the sitcom About a Boy, Frances Kelly on the series The Deep, Queen Beatrice in Cinderella (2021), Debi Newberry in Grosse Point Blank, Mandy in Ella Enchanted, Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera, Bernadette 'Benny' Hogan in Circle of Friends, and the voice of Jane Porter in Disney's Tarzan. She rose to prominence with her break-out role in 1995's Circle of Friends. She went on to star in a wide range of films including the cult classic Grosse Pointe Blank, Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting for which she was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award, the musical The Phantom of the Opera, Owning Mahowny, and providing the voice of Lady Eboshi in Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Minnie Driver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

• ★Genie Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 2011
• ☆Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Drama · 2007 · nominated
• ☆Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1998 · nominated
• ☆Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role · 1998 · nominated