Tuva Novotny

About Tuva Novotny

Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström (born 21 December 1979), simply known as Tuva Novotny, is a Swedish actress and singer.

She was born in Stockholm but grew up in Åmot, Brunskog outside Arvika. She is the daughter of Czech film director David Jan Novotný and artist Barbro Hedström.

In 2003, Novotny moved to Copenhagen, Denmark,[9][10] where she still lives as of 2024.[11][12]

Novotny has two daughters with her former partner of over 10 years, Norwegian adventurer[13] Nicolai Bjerrum Lersbryggen,[12] one of them was born in 2007.[14][15][16] In 2012, she was in a relationship with Swedish actor Ola Rapace.[17] In 2022, she had a son with Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård.[18][19]