Early Life
Driver was born in Finsbury Park, London, the daughter of Gaynor Churchward (née Millington), a designer and former couture model, and Ronnie Driver, a Welsh businessman and financial adviser from Swansea. Her mother was her father's mistress, and her father's wife was not aware of his other family. Driver was brought up in Barbados and was educated at Bedales and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Driver has Italian, Irish, Scottish and French ancestry.
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