Golshifteh Farahani
Acting
Born: 1983-07-10 in Tehran, Iran
Biography
Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی) was born on 10th July 1983 and is an international Iranian actress. Golshifteh Farahani started her acting career in theatre at the age of 6. Since then she has played in more than 40 films, many of which have been screened or awarded at international festivals. Amongst her famous Iranian films are Bahman Ghobadi's Half Moon, Dariush Mehrjui's Santoori , Rasool Mollagholipour's M for Mother and Asghar Farhadi's About Elly. Starring in Ridley Scotts Body of Lies (2008), alongside Leonardo Di Caprio and Russel Crowe, Golshifteh Farahani became the first Iranian to act in a major Hollywood production. She has also starred in films such as Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) directed by Ridley Scott, Paterson (2016) directed by Jim jarmush, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), Extraction (2020), and Alpha (2025) directed by Palme d'Or winning filmmaker Julia Ducournau.
Known For
Invasion
Aneesha Malik
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Shansa
Extraction 2
Nik Khan
C ce soir, le débat
Self - Guest
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Nefertari
Extraction
Nik Khan
Body of Lies
Aisha
Beau geste
Self
The Upside
Maggie
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
Matchbox the Movie
Robbie
Alpha
Mother
Paterson
Laura
William Tell
Suna
Super Plan
Self - Guest
The Night Eats the World
Sarah
Brother and Sister
Faunia Vuillard
Finding Altamira
Conchita
Extraction 3
Nik Khan
My Father's Dragon
Dela Elevator (voice)
Christmas & Co.
Amélie
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
About Elly
Sepideh
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
Oh, What Happy Days!
Two Angels
Azar
The Fish Fall in Love
Touka
One Minute to Midnight
Tina
The Patience Stone
The woman
Chicken with Plums
Irâne
There Be Dragons
Leila
Eden
Yasmin
The Music Man
Hanieh
Surge
Nora
Girls of the Sun
Bahar
Rosewater
Maryam
To Each His Own Cinema
Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
Arab Blues
Selma
Romantique
Salomé