Mona Fastvold
# Mona Fastvold

Mona Fastvold (born 7 March 1986) is a Norwegian filmmaker and actress. She is known for directing the drama films The Sleepwalker (2014) and The World to Come (2020). She has also directed music videos for several musicians, most notably her ex-husband Sondre Lerche.

## Career

Fastvold co-wrote the screenplay for The Childhood of a Leader and the story for Vox Lux with Brady Corbet, who directed both films.

Fastvold had a minor role in The Other Woman.

In 2020, Fastvold directed an adaptation of Jim Shepard's short story The World to Come into a film of the same name, starring Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby.

## Personal life

In 2005, Fastvold married musician Sondre Lerche. They divorced in 2013. Since 2012, Fastvold has been dating actor and director Brady Corbet, whom she met on the set of The Sleepwalker. Their daughter was born in 2014.

## Filmography

### As actress

**Film**

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Capo Nord | |
| 2008 | Fault Lines | Helen | short film |
| 2009 | The Other Woman | Sonia | as Mona Lerche |
| 2009 | Snapshots | Eve | short film; as Mona Lerche |
| 2011 | Match | Jacqueline | short film; as Mona Lerche |
| 2013 | The Thing Is | Rachel | short film |
| 2018 | Vox Lux | | |

**Television**

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | Asylet | Gry | TV series; 1 episode |
| 1998 | Nini | Vibeke | TV series; 1 episode |
| 1999 | Smørøyet | | TV series; 1 episode |
| 2006 | Hotel Cæsar | Daphne Flaa | TV series; 65 episodes |
| 2020 | Homemade | | TV series; 1 episode |

### As filmmaker

| Year | Title | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| 2014 | The Sleepwalker | Director, co-screenwriter (with Brady Corbet) |
| 2015 | The Childhood of a Leader | Co-screenwriter (with Brady Corbet), co-producer |
| 2018 | Vox Lux | Co-screenwriter, co-story writer (with Brady Corbet) |
| 2019 | The Mustang | Co-screenwriter (with Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre and Brock Norman Brock) |
| 2020 | The World to Come | Director |
| TBA | The Brutalist | Co-screenwriter (with Brady Corbet) |
