Minnie DriverSince announcing her pregnancy, Minnie Driver has been very secretive about who the father is.

Speculation is rife about the paternity of the baby, due in August, with many believing it to be San Francisco musician Craig Zolzezzi. However, in an interview with the Independent yesterday, Driver, 38, denied this claim: “Craig’s not the dad! He’s my great friend, and he’s been so cool about it.”

The British actress who grew up in the United Kingdom in Hampshire, but currently lives in Malibu, California, still refuses to reveal the father’s identity, but has dropped hints that he’s English and “sort of in the same business … he’s really busy, like me.”

The Emmy and Golden Globe award nominated actress doesn’t want to reveal his identity and says she wants “to shield the baby’s dad as much as I can because it wasn’t his choice to get roped into all this stuff.

“It’ll come out in time and there’ll be some other bump people will be interested in and I’ll have this baby and get on with my life.”

Driver has no plans to get married before the baby’s birth this August: “It’s not important to me. I don’t think a piece of paper lends itself to the idea of being a good parent and I want to be a good parent.”

The actress and keen surfer has not yet decided where she will give birth: “A big part of me wants my child to be English. My family are here and I’m sure I’ll move back here one day. It’s just that my work, and the opportunities I’ve had, have been so varied and wonderful in the States that I’ve just followed my nose really.”