Golshifteh Farahani
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
Credits
- 2026 · Un peu avant minuit as Tina
- 2026 · Matchbox as Robbie
- 2025 · Super Plan as Self - Guest
- 2025 · Alpha as Mother
- 2025 · William Tell as Suna
- 2024 · Reading Lolita in Tehran as Azar Nafisi
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Extraction 2 as Nik Khan
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Dela Elevator (voice)
- 2022 · Brother and Sister as Faunia Vuillard
- 2021 · Surge as Nora
- 2021 · Invasion as Aneesha Malik
- 2021 · C ce soir, le débat as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Extraction as Nik Khan
- 2020 · Arab Blues as Selma
- 2019 · Blind Spot as Elham
- 2019 · The Upside as Maggie
- 2018 · The Night Eats the World as Sarah
- 2018 · Girls of the Sun as Bahar
- 2017 · Christmas & Co. as Amélie
- 2017 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Shansa
- 2016 · Paterson as Laura
- 2016 · Finding Altamira as Conchita
- 2015 · Two Friends as Mona
- 2015 · Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- 2014 · Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nefertari
- 2014 · Eden as Yasmin
- 2014 · Rosewater as Maryam
- 2013 · The Patience Stone as The woman
- 2011 · Chicken with Plums as Irâne
- 2011 · There Be Dragons as Leila
- 2009 · About Elly as Sepideh
- 2008 · Body of Lies as Aisha
- 2003 · Two Angels as Azar
- 1976 · Cérémonie des César as Self - Presenter
- Future · Extraction 3 as Nik Khan
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- Future · Chandshanbeh Ba Sina as Guest
- Future · The Thing That Hurts as
- 2025 · Oh, What Happy Days! as
- 2024 · Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as 242B (voice)
- 2024 · Sinjar, naissance des fantômes as Narrator (voix)
- 2024 · Can Creativity Save the World? as Self
- 2024 · Free to Create - Artists in Exile as Herself
- 2023 · Hood Witch as Nour
- 2023 · Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution as Self
- 2023 · Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate as Self
- 2022 · Romantique as Salomé
- 2022 · Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires as Self
- 2021 · Cocorica as (voice)
- 2019 · The Song of Scorpions as Nooran
- 2017 · Shelter as Lina/Mona
- 2017 · Behrouz: A Legend on Screen as Self
- 2016 · Go Home as Nada
- 2016 · Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report as Self
- 2016 · Sophie's Misfortunes as Madame de Réan
- 2014 · My Sweet Pepper Land as Govend
- 2013 · Just Like a Woman as Mona
- 2012 · Rule of Three as Marie
- 2011 · If You Die, I'll Kill You as Sibe
- 2009 · Shirin as
- 2008 · The Wall as Setareh
- 2008 · There's Always a Woman in Between as
- 2007 · The Music Man as Hanieh
- 2007 · The Fish Fall in Love as Touka
- 2006 · Bab'Aziz as Nour
- 2006 · M for Mother as Sepideh
- 2006 · Half Moon as Niwemang
- 2006 · In the Name of the Father as Habibe
- 2006 · The Disgraced as Maryam
- 2004 · The Tear of the Cold as Ronak
- 2003 · Somewhere Else as
- 2003 · Boutique as Eti
- 2002 · Zamaneh as Zamaneh
- 2000 · Seven Acts as
- 1998 · The Pear Tree as M
- Future · Dog my Cats! as (voice)
- Future · Conference of the Birds as
- Future · Les Clochettes de Kaboul as Leila




