Mona Fastvold

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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) and for co-writing The Brutalist (2024).

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Early life Mona Fastvold was born in Oslo on 7 March 1981.

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Career 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.

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Personal life In 2005, Fastvold married Norwegian musician Sondre Lerche. They divorced in 2013.

Since 2012, 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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Filmography

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Film

2014	The Sleepwalker
2015	The Childhood of a Leader
2018	Vox Lux
2019	The Mustang
2020	The World to Come
2024	The Brutalist
2025	The Testament of Ann Lee

Acting roles

2003	Capo Nord
2009	The Other Woman	Sonia	as Mona Lerche
2018	Vox Lux

Short film

2008	Fault Lines	Helen
2009	Snapshots	Eve	As Mona Lerche
2011	Match	Jacqueline	As Mona Lerche
2013	The Thing Is	Rachel

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Television Director

2023	The Crowded Room	3 episodes
2025	Long Bright River	Episode: "Blind Spot"

Acting roles

1997	Asylet	Gry	1 episode
1998	Nini	Vibeke	1 episode
1999	Smørøyet		1 episode
2006	Hotel Cæsar	Daphne Flaa	65 episodes
2020	Homemade		1 episode

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