Managing Expectations: A Memoir. London: Manilla Press. 2022. ISBN 9781786582409. OCLC 1300420971. [48] Ms. Driver writes with disarming charm and candor about her bohemian upbringing between England and Barbados; her post-university travails and triumphs--from being the only student in her acting school not taken on by an agent to being discovered at a rave in a muddy field in the English countryside; shooting to fame in one of the most influential films of the 1990s and being nominated for an Academy Award; and finding the true light of her life, her son. She chronicles her unconventional career path, including the time she gave up on acting to sell jeans in Uruguay, her journey as a single parent, and the heartbreaking loss of her mother. A charming, poignant, and mesmerizing memoir in essays from beloved actor and natural-born storyteller Minnie Driver, chronicling the way life works out even when it doesn't. Actress, singer, and composer Amelia Fiona Jessica “Minnie” Driver, better known by her stage name Minnie Driver, is of British and American descent. In the year 2022, Minnie Driver has a net worth of sixteen million dollars. Her roles in cult classics such as Gus Van Sant’s Good Will Hunting and Grosse Pointe Blank brought her the most attention and made her a household name.

When one door of happiness closes another one opens but we often look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” She had her first son, Henry, in September 2008 and later revealed the father to be producer Tim Lea.Attaching something as etheric as love to physical things is something I’ve done. We have totems, the physical realisations of love that we don’t understand – particularly with cars. I’ve loved a few cars in my life like lovers,” she said. a b "Minnie Driver". Who Do You Think You Are?. Series 10. Episode 3. 7 August 2013. BBC. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 . Retrieved 2 September 2014. a b c d Mears, Jo (24 September 2010). "Minnie Driver: My family values – The actress talks about her family". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014 . Retrieved 1 September 2014. She is the middle child of three. Kate Driver is the name of her sister, and she is a producer and manager in the entertainment industry. Charlie Driver and Edward Churchward are also the names of her brothers. They don’t ask men to stand in ditches, though. I’m still trying to think of a Hollywood love story with a woman taller than her male love interest, and – there isn’t one?

Chernov, Matthew (17 May 2017). "Pierce Brosnan Moves From Spy to Detective in Psychological Thriller 'Spinning Man' ". Variety. Penske Business Media . Retrieved 18 January 2018. Thank you so much. I definitely will write more. I’d really love to write a novel. I’ve broken the seal on this.Slawson, Nicola (13 February 2018). "Minnie Driver cuts ties with Oxfam over sex scandal". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018 . Retrieved 17 March 2022. Marx, Rebecca Flint. "Minnie Driver: Overview". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021 . Retrieved 30 January 2021. Minnie Driver said she has learned that grief “is just another expression of love” after losing her mother, the model and designer Gaynor Churchward, during the pandemic.