Golshifteh Farahani
Acting • Born 1983-07-10
Biography
Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی) was born on 10th July 1983 and is an international Iranian actress. She has dual Iranian and French nationality. 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.
Filmography
78 credits
Body of Lies
Movie • 2008
Aisha
Extraction 2
Movie • 2023
Nik Khan
Romantique
Movie • 2022
Salomé
About Elly
Movie • 2009
Sepideh
Half Moon
Movie • 2006
Niwemang
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie • 2007
Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
There Be Dragons
Movie • 2011
Leila
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Movie • 2024
Azar Nafisi
Brother and Sister
Movie • 2022
Faunia Vuillard
Chicken with Plums
Movie • 2011
Irâne
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie • 2024
Self
Just Like a Woman
Movie • 2013
Mona
The Patience Stone
Movie • 2013
The woman
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Movie • 2014
Nefertari
My Father's Dragon
Movie • 2022
Dela Elevator (voice)
The Pear Tree
Movie • 1998
M
My Sweet Pepper Land
Movie • 2014
Govend
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Movie • 2023
Self
Rule of Three
Movie • 2012
Marie
The Music Man
Movie • 2007
Hanieh
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Movie • 2016
Self
William Tell
Movie • 2025
Suna
Cocorica
Movie • 2021
(voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Movie • 2017
Shansa
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Movie • 2022
Self
Finding Altamira
Movie • 2016
Conchita
Two Friends
Movie • 2015
Mona
Two Angels
Movie • 2003
Azar
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Movie • 2024
Herself
Rosewater
Movie • 2014
Maryam
The Thing That Hurts
Movie
Hood Witch
Movie • 2023
Nour
Boutique
Movie • 2003
Eti
Sophie's Misfortunes
Movie • 2016
Madame de Réan
Alpha
Movie • 2025
Maman
Paterson
Movie • 2016
Laura
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
Movie
Leila
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Movie • 2024
Narrator (voix)
Go Home
Movie • 2016
Nada
If You Die, I'll Kill You
Movie • 2011
Sibe
M for Mother
Movie • 2006
Sepideh
Eden
Movie • 2014
Yasmin
The Fish Fall in Love
Movie • 2007
Touka
Bab'Aziz
Movie • 2006
Nour
The Upside
Movie • 2019
Maggie
Christmas & Co.
Movie • 2017
Amélie
The Song of Scorpions
Movie • 2019
Nooran
The Night Eats the World
Movie • 2018
Sarah
Shelter
Movie • 2017
Lina/Mona
Girls of the Sun
Movie • 2018
Bahar
In the Name of the Father
Movie • 2006
Habibe
There's Always a Woman in Between
Movie • 2008
Arab Blues
Movie • 2020
Selma
Seven Acts
Movie • 2000
Blind Spot
Movie • 2019
Elham
Extraction
Movie • 2020
Nik Khan
The Wall
Movie • 2008
Setareh
The Tear of the Cold
Movie • 2004
Ronak
Somewhere Else
Movie • 2003
Zamaneh
Movie • 2002
Zamaneh
The Disgraced
Movie • 2006
Maryam
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Movie • 2015
Self
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Movie • 2024
242B (voice)
Conference of the Birds
Movie
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Movie • 2023
Self
Shirin
Movie • 2009
Oh, What Happy Days!
Movie • 2025
Un peu avant minuit
Movie
Dog my Cats!
Movie
(voice)
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
Movie • 2017
Self
Matchbox
Movie • 2026
Robbie
Invasion
TV • 2021
Aneesha Malik
Surge
TV • 2021
Nora
Beau geste
TV • 2023
Self
C ce soir, le débat
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
Super Plan
TV • 2025
Self - Guest
Cérémonie des César
TV • 1976
Self - Presenter