Tuva Novotny

Novotny, Tobias Lindholm, Pilou Asbaek, and Caroline Blanco – 88th Annual Academy Awards – Arrivals – Hollywood & Highland Center – Hollywood, CA, USA, 2016 – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com 

Birth Name: Tuva Moa Matilda Karolina Novotny Hedström

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Birth: 21 December, 1979

Ethnicity:
*Czech (father)
*Swedish (mother)

Tuva Novotny is a Swedish actress, director, and singer. She has directed the films Blind Spot, which she also wrote, and Britt-Marie Was Here, which she co-wrote.

She is the daughter of Barbro Hedström (Barbro Margareta Hedström), an artist, and David Jan Novotný, a novelist, scriptwriter, and professor of dramaturgy. Her father was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her mother was born in Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden. Tuva was brought up in Åmot, Värmland. Tuva has a daughter with Nicolai Bjerrum Lersbryggen; and one child with actor Alexander Skarsgård.

Tuva’s paternal grandfather was named Jan Blahoslav Novotný.

Tuva’s maternal grandfather was named Henry Evald Hedström.

Tuva’s maternal grandmother was named Kristina Holmstrand.

Source: Genealogy of Tuva Novotny (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com