Golshifteh Farahani
Acting
- Born:
- 1983-07-10
- Place of birth:
- 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
When She Hears the Bells
Matchbox the Movie
A War on Women
Oh, What Happy Days!
Super Plan
Alpha
William Tell
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Can Creativity Save the World?
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Hood Witch
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Extraction 2
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Beau geste
Romantique
My Father's Dragon
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Brother and Sister
Cocorica
Surge
Invasion
C ce soir
Extraction
Arab Blues
Blind Spot
The Song of Scorpions
The Upside
The Night Eats the World
Girls of the Sun
Christmas & Co.
Shelter
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Paterson
Go Home
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Sophie's Misfortunes
Finding Altamira
Two Friends
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Eden
Rosewater
My Sweet Pepper Land
Just Like a Woman
The Patience Stone
Rule of Three
Chicken with Plums
There Be Dragons
If You Die, I'll Kill You
About Elly
Shirin
Body of Lies
The Wall
There's Always a Woman in Between