Mona Fastvold (born 7 March 1981) is a Norwegian filmmaker and actress. She is best known for directing the drama films The Sleepwalker (2014), The World to Come (2020) and The Testament of Ann Lee (2025). As a screenwriter, she is known for co-writing The Brutalist (2024) but has also co-written other notable screenplays.
Mona Fastvold was born in Oslo on 7 March 1981.
Fastvold had a minor role in The Other Woman (2009). She directed the drama films The Sleepwalker (2014) and The World to Come (2020), and has directed music videos for several musicians, most notably her ex-husband Sondre Lerche.
She co-wrote the films The Childhood of a Leader (2015), Vox Lux (2018), and The Brutalist (2024) with her partner Brady Corbet, who directed all three. The latter earned the two a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In 2005, Fastvold married Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche. They divorced in 2013.
Since 2013, Fastvold has been in a relationship with American actor and filmmaker Brady Corbet, whom she met on the set of The Sleepwalker. They have a daughter named Ada (born 2014).
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