Is considering acting in British drama series Eastenders.
(May 24, 2005)
Minnie Driver was dumped for Beyonce to sing at the Oscars 2005. The
Oscars producers said she just doesn't have the pulling power of the
voice of Beyonce though she really hopes that this was her big break
as a singer.
Admitted she had a stormy relationship with former mother-in-law-to-be
Barbra Streisand. Driver was engaged to marry Josh Brolin, the son of
Streisand's husband James Brolin, before they split suddenly in October
2001.
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.