Golshifteh Farahani
- Acting
- July 10, 1983 · 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
Filmography
- One Minute to Midnight · Tina
- When She Hears the Bells · Leila
- Matchbox the Movie · Robbie
- A War on Women · Self
- Oh, What Happy Days!
- Super Plan · Self
- Alpha · Mother
- William Tell · Suna
- Reading Lolita in Tehran · Azar Nafisi
- Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust · 242B (Voice)
- Sinjar, naissance des fantômes · Narrator (voix)
- Can Creativity Save the World? · Self
- Free to Create - Artists in Exile · Self
- Hood Witch · Nour
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · Self
- Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution · Self
- Extraction 2 · Nik Khan
- Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate · Self
- Beau geste · Self
- Romantique · Salomé
- My Father's Dragon · Dela Elevator (Voice)
- Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires · Self
- Brother and Sister · Faunia Vuillard
- Cocorica · Voice
- Surge · Nora
- Invasion · Aneesha Malik
- C ce soir · Self
- Extraction · Nik Khan
- Arab Blues · Selma
- Blind Spot · Elham
- The Song of Scorpions · Nooran
- The Upside · Maggie
- The Night Eats the World · Sarah
- Girls of the Sun · Bahar
- Christmas & Co. · Amélie
- Shelter · Lina/Mona
- Behrouz: A Legend on Screen · Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales · Shansa
- Paterson · Laura
- Go Home · Nada
- Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report · Self
- Sophie's Misfortunes · Madame de Réan
- Finding Altamira · Conchita
- Two Friends · Mona
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' · Self
- Exodus: Gods and Kings · Nefertari
- Eden · Yasmin
- Rosewater · Maryam
- My Sweet Pepper Land · Govend
- Just Like a Woman · Mona
- The Patience Stone · The woman
- Rule of Three · Marie
- Chicken with Plums · Irâne
- There Be Dragons · Leila
- If You Die, I'll Kill You · Sibe
- About Elly · Sepideh
- Shirin
- Body of Lies · Aisha
- The Wall · Setareh
- There's Always a Woman in Between
- To Each His Own Cinema · Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- The Music Man · Hanieh
- The Fish Fall in Love · Touka
- Bab'Aziz · Nour
- M for Mother · Sepideh
- Half Moon · Niwemang
- In the Name of the Father · Habibe
- The Disgraced · Maryam
- The Tear of the Cold · Ronak
- Two Angels · Azar
- Somewhere Else
- Boutique · Eti
- Zamaneh · Zamaneh
- Seven Acts
- The Pear Tree · M
- Cérémonie des César · Self
- The Thing That Hurts
- Conference of the Birds
- Dog my Cats! · Voice
- Extraction 3 · Nik Khan