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Minnie Driver (born Amelia Driver on January 31,
1970 in London) is a United Kingdom|British
Actor|actress and singer-songwriter, born in
London. She first came to broad public attention
when she played the lead role in Circle of
Friends. She was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in
the 1997 in film|1997 film Good Will Hunting.

In 2003 and 2004, she had a noted comic recurring
role on Will and Grace as Supporting characters on
Will & Grace#Other Supporting Characters|Lorraine
Finster, Karen Walker (character)|Karen's (Megan
Mullally)'s nemesis.

==Music career==
Prior to her success as an actress, 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 2000 in
music|music in 2000; 2004 in music|in 2004 she
signed recording contracts with EMI and Rounder
Records and performed at South by Southwest
Festival|SXSW.  The contract led to the release of
Everything I've Got in My Pocket, an album backed
by a group that includes members of the
Wallflowers and Pete Yorn's band.  Driver wrote
ten of the eleven songs on the album and also
covered "Hungry Heart" from Bruce Springsteen's
The River (album)|The River.

In 2004, Driver played Carlotta Giudicelli in Joel
Schumacher's film of The Phantom of the Opera
(2004 movie)|The Phantom of the Opera. Due to 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).

== Filmography ==
* The Phantom of the Opera (2004 movie)|The
Phantom of the Opera (2004 in film|2004)
* Ella Enchanted (2004)
* Hope Springs (2003) 
* Owning Mahowny (2003)
* D.C. Smalls (2001) 
* High Heels and Low Lifes (2001) 
* The Upgrade (2000)  
* Slow Burn (2000) 
* Beautiful (2000) 
* Return to Me (2000 in film|2000)
* An Ideal Husband (film)|An Ideal Husband (1999
in film|1999)
* The Governess (1998 in film|1998)  
* Hard Rain (1998) 
* Baggage (1997) 
* Good Will Hunting (1997 in film|1997) 
* Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) 
* Sleepers (movie)|Sleepers (1996 in film|1996) 
* Big Night (1996)
* GoldenEye (1995 in film|1995) 
* Circle of Friends (1995 in film|1995)

===Animated filmography===
She had voice roles in three 1999 in film|films
released in 1999:
* Princess Mononoke (English language release)
* South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
* Tarzan

==Personal life==
She has been linked romantically with several of
her film's costars, including Matt Damon, John
Cusack, and Josh Brolin.

== External links ==
*http://wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid
=35095 Video Interview on the WUSA (TV)|W*USA-TV
9, Washington, DC website
*imdb name|id=0000378|name=Minnie Driver
*http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/20
04-03-26/music_set3.html SXSW'04 Performance
review from the Austin Chronicle
*http://publicity.rounder.com/artistpages/mdriver.
html Publicity and
http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&cata
log_id=6633 Album pages from Rounder Records
*http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story
/0,12102,1295646,00.html September 2004 interview
from The Guardian