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 played in Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver, in the last Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) and in the French movie Santa & Cie (2017).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · William Tell as Suna
- 2024 · Reading Lolita in Tehran as Azar Nafisi
- 2024 · Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as 242B (voice)
- 2024 · Hood Witch as Nour
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Extraction 2 as Nik Khan
- 2023 · Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate as Self
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · Romantique as Salomé
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Dela Elevator (voice)
- 2022 · Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires as Self
- 2022 · Brother and Sister as Faunia Vuillard
- 2021 · Invasion as Aneesha Malik
- 2021 · C ce soir, le débat as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Extraction as Nik Khan
- 2020 · Arab Blues as Selma
- 2019 · The Upside as Maggie
- 2018 · The Night Eats the World as Sarah
- 2018 · Girls of the Sun as Bahar
- 2017 · Christmas & Co. as Amélie
- 2017 · Shelter as Lina/Mona
- 2017 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Shansa
- 2016 · Paterson as Laura
- 2016 · Finding Altamira as Conchita
- 2015 · Two Friends as Mona
- 2014 · Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nefertari
- 2014 · Rosewater as Maryam
- 2013 · The Patience Stone as The woman
- 2011 · Chicken with Plums as Irâne
- 2009 · About Elly as Sepideh
- 2008 · Body of Lies as Aisha
- Future · Extraction 3 as Nik Khan
- 2024 · Sinjar, naissance des fantômes as Narrator (voix)
- 2024 · Can Creativity Save the World? as Self
- 2024 · Free to Create - Artists in Exile as Herself
- 2023 · Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution as Self
- 2021 · Cocorica as (voice)
- 2021 · Surge as Nora
- 2019 · Blind Spot as Elham
- 2019 · The Song of Scorpions as Nooran
- 2016 · Go Home as Nada
- 2016 · Sophie's Misfortunes as Madame de Réan
- 2015 · Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- 2014 · My Sweet Pepper Land as Govend
- 2013 · Just Like a Woman as Mona
- 2008 · The Wall as Setareh
- 2008 · There's Always a Woman in Between as
- 2008 · Shirin as
- Future · Alpha as
- 2007 · The Music Man as Hanieh
- 2007 · The Fish Fall in Love as Touka
- 2006 · Bab'Aziz as Nour
- 2006 · M for Mother as Sepideh
- 2003 · Boutique as Eti
- Future · La Vie d'une Femme as
- Future · The Thing That Hurts as
- 2016 · Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report as Self
- 2014 · Eden as Yasmin
- 2012 · The Rule of Three as Marie
- 2011 · There Be Dragons as Leila
- 2011 · If You Die, I'll Kill You as Sibe
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- 2006 · Half Moon as Niwemang
- 2006 · In the Name of the Father as Habibe
- 2006 · The Disgraced as Maryam
- 2004 · The Tear of the Cold as Ronak
- 2003 · Two Angels as Azar
- 2003 · Somewhere Else as
- 2002 · Zamaneh as Zamaneh
- 2000 · Seven Acts as
- 1998 · The Pear Tree as M
- Future · Les Clochettes de Kaboul as
- Future · Conference of the Birds as