Samantha Morton was a teenager living in foster care when she saw Minnie Driver in TV drama The Politician’s Wife, almost 30 years ago.
Instantly inspired to become an actress herself, she went on to star in hit films including Minority Report, In America and Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Meanwhile, Minnie found further fame in Good Will Hunting, Grosse Pointe Blank and The Phantom of the Opera.
Both became mothers, too. Minnie, who is in a relationship with US film-maker Addison O’Dea, has 15-year-old son Henry, while Samantha – who is engaged to British actor Harry Holm – has three children, including daughter Esmé Creed-Miles, 24, who has followed in her thespian footsteps.
Despite their similarities as award-winning British actresses who have made a…