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