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.
Fotos
Películas (73)
One Minute to Midnight
2026 · Tina
When She Hears the Bells
2026 · Leila
Matchbox: La película
2026 · Robbie
A War on Women
2026 · Self
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
Alpha
2025 · Mother
William Tell
2025 · Suna
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2024 · Azar Nafisi
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024 · 242B (voice)
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
2024 · Narrator (voix)
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024 · Self
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024 · Herself
Hood Witch
2023 · Nour
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
2023 · Self
Extraction 2
2023 · Nik Khan
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
2023 · Self
Romantique
2022 · Salomé
My Father's Dragon
2022 · Dela Elevator (voice)
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022 · Self
Brother and Sister
2022 · Faunia Vuillard
Cocorica
2021 · (voice)
Extraction
2020 · Nik Khan
Arab Blues
2020 · Selma
Blind Spot
2019 · Elham
The Song of Scorpions
2019 · Nooran
The Upside
2019 · Maggie
The Night Eats the World
2018 · Sarah
Girls of the Sun
2018 · Bahar
Christmas & Co.
2017 · Amélie
Shelter
2017 · Lina/Mona
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
2017 · Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · Shansa
Paterson
2016 · Laura
Go Home
2016 · Nada
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016 · Self
Sophie's Misfortunes
2016 · Madame de Réan
Finding Altamira
2016 · Conchita
Two Friends
2015 · Mona
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015 · Self
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · Nefertari
Eden
2014 · Yasmin
Rosewater
2014 · Maryam
My Sweet Pepper Land
2014 · Govend
Just Like a Woman
2013 · Mona
The Patience Stone
2013 · The woman
Rule of Three
2012 · Marie
Chicken with Plums
2011 · Irâne
There Be Dragons
2011 · Leila
If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011 · Sibe
About Elly
2009 · Sepideh
Shirin
2009
Body of Lies
2008 · Aisha
The Wall
2008 · Setareh
There's Always a Woman in Between
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
The Music Man
2007 · Hanieh
The Fish Fall in Love
2007 · Touka
Bab'Aziz
2006 · Nour
M for Mother
2006 · Sepideh
Half Moon
2006 · Niwemang
In the Name of the Father
2006 · Habibe
The Disgraced
2006 · Maryam
The Tear of the Cold
2004 · Ronak
Two Angels
2003 · Azar
Somewhere Else
2003
Boutique
2003 · Eti
Zamaneh
2002 · Zamaneh
Seven Acts
2000
The Pear Tree
1998 · M
The Thing That Hurts
Conference of the Birds
Dog my Cats!
· (voice)
Extraction 3
· Nik Khan
