Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (born January 15, 1988) is a Costa Rican-Swedish director.

Her mother was born in Costa Rica, studied in Russia, and then went to Sweden, where she met a man from Uruguay.

Nathalie moved to Costa Rica when she was seven and attended high school there, then returned to Sweden for university.

[6] Her short, Asunder (2015), premiered at the 2015 Stockholm International Film Festival and screened during the 2016 Telluride Film Festival, where it was curated by Barry Jenkins as part of the "Calling Cards" program.

[8] In 2022, Álvarez Mesén received the Guldbagge Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay for her debut, Clara Sola, a film set in Costa Rica about a 42-year-old woman who sets off on a journey to break free from socioreligious conventions and assert her sexuality.