Tuva Novotny

Tuva Novotny is a Swedish actress and director who got her start on screen as a teenager, playing the lead in the television series Skilda världar from 1996 to 2000. Born in Stockholm, she spent her childhood near Arvika in Värmland County and studied classical ballet. Her early film credits include Tic Tac (1997) and The Invisible (2002), and in 2003 she drew praise as Kim in Limbo at Stockholm City Theatre. She appeared in Eat Pray Love (2010), played Cass Sheppard in Annihilation (2018), and played Puck Ekstedt in adaptations of Maria Lang's crime novels. Turning to directing, she made episodes of the Norwegian series Dag in 2010, and her feature debut, Blind Spot, which she also wrote, brought her the New Talent Grand Prix at CPH PIX in 2018. She went on to write and direct Britt-Marie Was Here (2019), followed by Diorama (2022). She was nominated for Guldbagge Awards in 2003 and 2006.