Editing Minnie Driver (section)

==Early life and education==
Amelia Fiona Jessica Driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/390827766 |title=Repertory: Invisible Girl |work=ASCAP |access-date=30 January 2021 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330145422/https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/390827766 |url-status=live }}</ref> was born in [[London]] on January 31, 1970, and she was raised in [[Barbados]] until she was six.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/minnie-driver-lists-hollywood-hills-house-1201325933/ |title=Minnie Driver Lists Hollywood Hills House |last=David |first=Mark |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=9 October 2014 |access-date=20 September 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920213127/https://variety.com/2014/dirt/real-estalker/minnie-driver-lists-hollywood-hills-house-1201325933/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bajanreporter.com/2009/12/barbados-raised-actress-fathers-ashes-to-be-scattered-on-bajan-polo-field-minnie-drivers-dad-was-polo-addict/ |title=Barbados-raised Actress' father's ashes to be scattered on Bajan polo field |last=Borne |first=Air |website=Bajan Reporter |date=22 December 2009 |access-date=20 September 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212936/https://www.bajanreporter.com/2009/12/barbados-raised-actress-fathers-ashes-to-be-scattered-on-bajan-polo-field-minnie-drivers-dad-was-polo-addict/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The nickname Minnie was given to her by her older sister Kate in childhood.<ref name=Guardian-FamilyValues-2010>{{cite news |last=Mears |first=Jo |title=Minnie Driver: My family values – The actress talks about her family |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/25/minnie-driver-family-values |access-date=1 September 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 September 2010 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021223102/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/25/minnie-driver-family-values |url-status=live }}</ref>

Her mother, Gaynor Churchward (née Millington), was a fabric designer and former [[haute couture|couture]] model. Her father, Charles Ronald Driver,<ref name=CRDriver>{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/66118/Driver-Charles-Ronald.htm|title=Driver, Charles Ronald|work=Traces of War|date=|access-date=24 October 2021|archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024042801/https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/66118/Driver-Charles-Ronald.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> was born in [[Swansea]], Wales, and was of English and Scottish descent.<ref name=BBC-WDYTYA-2013>{{cite episode |title=Minnie Driver |series=[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]] |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0388r75 |network=[[BBC]] |series-no=10 |number=3 |access-date=2 September 2014 |date=7 August 2013 |archive-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117072430/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0388r75 |url-status=live }}</ref> He earned the [[Distinguished Flying Medal]]<ref name=CRDriver/> for his role in the [[Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939)|Battle of Heligoland Bight]]<ref name="WDYTYAM">{{cite web|title=Minnie Driver|url=https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/minnie-driver/|magazine=Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine|date=17 June 2020 |access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201233326/https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/episode/minnie-driver/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was a director of [[London United Investments]].<ref name="BBC-WDYTYA-2013"/><ref name=WalesOnline-Lido-2010>{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2010/08/20/hollywood-star-calls-for-wales-only-lido-to-be-opened-91466-27101965/ |title=Hollywood star calls for Wales' only lido to be opened |last=Hutchinson |first=Clare |work=[[WalesOnline]] |date=20 August 2010 |access-date=7 November 2010 |archive-date=24 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924034005/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2010/08/20/hollywood-star-calls-for-wales-only-lido-to-be-opened-91466-27101965/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-Governess-1998>{{cite news |last=Winters |first=Laura |title=Film; When the Character Calls, Minnie Driver Listens |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/02/movies/film-when-the-character-calls-minnie-driver-listens.html?pagewanted=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 August 1998 |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=3 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203114459/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/02/movies/film-when-the-character-calls-minnie-driver-listens.html?pagewanted=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Her parents never married.<ref name="WDYTYAM" />  Her father was married to another woman throughout his relationship with her mother. Her parents broke off their relationship when she was six years old.<ref name=Guardian-FamilyValues-2010 /> She was sent to [[Bedales School]] in [[Hampshire]] as a boarder soon after.<ref name=Guardian-FamilyValues-2010 /> She later attended the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]],<ref name=Guardian-Minx-1997>{{cite news |last1=Lane |first1=Harriet |title=Minnie the minx: She used to be an English public school mouse; now she's a Hollywood babe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1997/aug/03/harrietlane |access-date=1 September 2014 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 August 1997 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021223057/http://www.theguardian.com/film/1997/aug/03/harrietlane |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Collingham College]] in [[Kensington]], [[Central London]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collingham.co.uk/ |title=Home |website=Collingham College |access-date=18 October 2016 |archive-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016094353/http://www.collingham.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Guardian-FamilyValues-2010/><ref>{{cite news |author=Agencies |title=Minnie Driver unearths father's secret double life on TV show |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10222776/Minnie-Driver-unearths-fathers-secret-double-life-on-TV-show.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10222776/Minnie-Driver-unearths-fathers-secret-double-life-on-TV-show.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=20 April 2021 |work=[[Telegraph.co.uk|The Telegraph]] |date=5 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>