Minnie Driver called to chat last week about her emotional new movie, “The Take,” out on Friday.

But first I mention to her that at the Television Critics Association Press Tour earlier that day, I heard FX brass say they were not sure if a third season of her acclaimed series “The Riches” would be happening.

Since she is due to give birth to her first child late next month, I asked if she was disappointed that the show might not return.

I struck a nerve.

“Hell, yeah!” Driver said. “I can’t understand how something as critically acclaimed as our show, nominated for an Emmy, I don’t understand why they didn’t pick up the (second half) of our season, why we aren’t getting the chance to do the show. I really think ‘The Riches’ is one of the best pieces of TV out there.”

On “The Riches,” Driver stars alongside Eddie Izzard. They are con artists and thieves traveling with their three children and are involved in a car accident that kills a very wealthy couple, the Riches. They adopt their identity in an affluent gated community in Baton Rouge.

Driver, 38, was nominated for an Emmy last year and a Golden Globe Award this year for her performance on “The Riches.” It was the first television work she had done since a series of guest spots on “Will & Grace” as the nemesis of Karen Walker, played by Megan Mullally.

If her show does not return, Driver said she will just keep making movies. And she’s made some good ones, including the star-making performance in “A Circle of Friends,” an Oscar-nominated role in “Good Will Hunting,” and parts in other films including “Grosse Pointe Blank,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Ella Enchanted” and “The Governess.”

She’s high on her latest, “The Take,” about the mother of a crime victim who years later comes to terms with the perpetrator.

“It was an amazing role,” she said. “For actresses, they are few and far between – the great dramatic roles for women. You find them in unlikely places. It was such an amazing acting challenge. The idea of restorative justice is something that will become more prevalent in our society. I think it’s good.”