The Conviction star had previously admitted she would like to have more children, but doesn't think she could cope raising two kids on her own. Her latest film, Hunky Dory, a small British indie from Jon Finn, the producer of Billy Elliot, is a sweet if slightly odd high-school musical set in Wales during the heatwave of 1976. "We weren't together and he wasn't directly in the business," she says now, "so I chose to protect him and not have a rain of publicity." 'He's not famous. There's no big story." Later she will say that he was an episode writer on The Riches, the US TV series she starred in with Eddie Izzard until it was culled during the writers' strike after two seasons. 'I don't need to protect him anymore': Minnie Driver has revealed her son Henry's father was a writer on her TV show The Riches 
 
 
 
 She added to The Observer magazine: 'He can fend for himself. He's a grown-up." Fashionista: Minnie was seen at the Temperley show over the weekend at London Fashion Week 
 
 
 
 She said: 'Is he a good dad? "Sort of. He's figuring it out... I mean, he hasn't been that involved; his choice. Speaking about how she coped during her pregnancy, the actress, who was one of two children born out of an affair - millionaire father Ron Driver, already had a wife and daughter who knew nothing of his other family - said: 'I had good friends around me, so it was sort of hilarious. Screen star: Minnie had met the mystery man while appearing on series The Riches, alongside Eddie Izzard 
 
 
 
 'I was making a film at the time and the paparazzi would shout: 'Who's the sperm donor?' Oh, it was an awful film," she cringes [Motherhood], "and I wouldn't do that again, but I was heavily pregnant and I just wanted to take my mind off it." Next on her career wish list, she would like to return to the small screen, something which surprises me. "I still want an Oscar, and to work with Danny Boyle and Martin Scorsese – of course I want all of that. Minnie admitted that motherhood has left it's mark on her, and while she is admittedly involved in a 'very selfish business' - she said: 'I've started to enjoy my job more because I take it less seriously.' However, she admitted to The Observer: 'I couldn't do another one without a partner; I couldn't do two as a single mum, I really couldn't.
– Minnie Driver announced her pregnancy in 2008, and has managed to go all the time since without revealing the baby's father. But now that son Henry is three, "I don't need to protect (the father) anymore," Driver tells the Guardian. "He can fend for himself. He's a grown-up." So who is he? He was a writer on her short-lived TV series, The Riches, she says, and though she doesn't name names, the Mail briefly speculated she's referring to Tim Lea before changing its headline. (Driver and Lea dated in 2009, ninemsn notes.) As for whether Henry's father is a good dad, Driver will only say, "Sort of. He's figuring it out. … I mean, he hasn't been that involved; his choice. But he is now." Click to see what Driver craved during her pregnancy.