Minnie Driver
Driver in 2011, Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Amelia Fiona J. Driver
Place of Birth: St. Marylebone, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 31 January, 1970
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish
Minnie Driver is an English actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for starring in the films Good Will Hunting and The Governess, among many others.
Minnie is the daughter of Gaynor F. (Millington) and Charles Ronald Driver. Her father was born in Swansea, Wales, of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Her mother is English.
She has a son with her former partner, television producer Timothy J. Lea.
Minnie’s paternal grandfather was Charles Edmund Driver (the son of John Driver and Sarah Ann Boyd). Charles was born in Plympton, Devon, England. John was the son of George Driver and Sarah Pooley. Minnie’s great-grandmother Sarah Boyd was born in Liverpool, to Irish parents, Thomas Percy Boyd and Mary Ann Campbell.
Minnie’s paternal grandmother was named Mary Jessie Maggie McGregor/Kelley.
Minnie’s maternal grandfather was Francis Charles Millington (the son of Francis John Millington and Harriet Simpson). Minnie’s grandfather Francis was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Minnie’s great-grandfather Francis was the son of Francis Millington and Elizabeth Green.
Minnie’s maternal grandmother was Constance Amy Lacey (the daughter of Arthur Lacy and Rose Ellen/Helen Clough). Constance was born in Colchester, Essex, England. Arthur was the son of John Lacey and Louisa Smart.
Sources: Family histories of Minnie Driver (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com
http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
Genealogies of Minnie Driver – http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Minnie Driver (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com
Minnie’s maternal grandmother, Constance Amy Lacey, on the 1911 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org
http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/minnie-driver
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Driver-Family-Tree-1194
Minnie Driver:
“I come from a really strange amalgam of, you know, European — Irish, French, Italian, Scottish”
http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/minniedriver.html
I know. It was an odd thing to say.
that was cool..
it does not seem so.
Looking at the surnames in her family tree, she’s possibly half English with the rest being Scottish and/or Irish
Boyd, Campbell, McGregor originally are Scottish surnames
On her mother’s side, Lacey is usually an Irish surname (of Norman origin, as many others). If the user Alice is reading this post, she can confirm it.
what? she could pass in iran
You’ve Missed Something Out Minnie driver’s Father Was Welsh He Was From Swansea Which Makes Her Of Welsh Descent Too.