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