- Has entered into her first U.S. recording contract with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Rounder Records. (June 16, 2004)
- Has recorded a country music album. (April 30, 2004)
- Has simple advice for celebrities complaining about constant attention from the paparazzi - stay way from star-studded hot-spots. (April 2, 2004)
- Is booked to perform at the South By Southwest music festival in America. (March 18, 2004)
- Visited garment factories in Cambodia and Thailand as a representative of British charity Oxfam International's Make Trade Fair campaign. (February 9, 2004)
- Is dating record company exec Rob Walker, who she met at a London show by The Neptunes. (December 17, 2003)
- A Cambodian Cabinet minister says Driver's plan to work in a textile factory there to highlight the plight of sweatshop labor could end up harming the country -- Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh, "People who want to improve the working conditions of women in the garment industry in Cambodia should ... reflect on ways and means to assist them, and they should refrain from pursuing their anti-globalization goals by trying to harm the poor in the world's poorest countries. Ms. Minnie Driver can be harmful to Cambodia. (November 7, 2003)
- Plans to write a book about her experiences in a Phnom Penh factory, to raise awareness about fair trade issues. (October 29, 2003)
- Has signed up to star in the movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musical PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - She will play Carlotta, the reigning opera house singer who gets riled when a young rival upstages her. (June 19, 2003)
- Is set to cause a storm in her latest role as a scantily-clad minx in hit American sitcom WILL & GRACE -- the actress plays a girlfriend of acerbic character Karen, played by Megan Mullally, who causes a rift by befriending her gay pal Jack. (January 25, 2003)
- Largely ad-libbed the breathless speech in which Jane tells her father and Clayton about meeting Tarzan for the first time (TARZAN (1999)).
- Her character is named Skyler, the name of Damon's girlfriend of the time. Skyler left Damon before GOOD WILL HUNTING filming began, during which Damon and Driver became romantically involved.
- Gained 30 pounds for the role of Benny in CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (1995).
- Because she was so much taller than Chris O'Donnell, she had to walk in a ditch when they were filming the scene of their stroll in KNOCKGLEN.
- Plays the guitar
- She never fits in when she was a child
- Was nominated Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1998 for GOOD WILL HUNTING.
- Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998) - shared with Matt Damon
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast at Screen Actors Guild Awards for GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for GOOD WILL HUNTING (1998)
Quotes- "I swear to God, I would marry the first person who asked me, just because it seems so completely impossible that anyone would ask."
Awards- London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Supporting Actress of the Year, GOOD WILL HUNTING (1999)
- London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Supporting Actress of the Year, GROSSE POINTE BLANK (1998)
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Most Promising Actress, CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (1996)
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