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 · Reading Lolita in Tehran as Azar Nafisi
- 2024 · Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as 242B (voice)
- 2024 · Can Creativity Save the World? as Self
- 2023 · Hood Witch as Nour
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 2023 · Extraction 2 as Nik Khan
- 2023 · Beau geste as Self
- 2022 · Romantique as Salomé
- 2022 · Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires as Self
- 2021 · Invasion as Aneesha Malik
- 2020 · Extraction as Nik Khan
- 2020 · Arab Blues as Selma
- 2019 · Blind Spot as Elham
- 2019 · The Song of Scorpions as Nooran
- 2019 · The Upside as Maggie
- 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 · Go Home as Nada
- 2016 · Sophie's Misfortunes as Madame de Réan
- 2016 · Finding Altamira as Conchita
- 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 · Rosewater as Maryam
- 2014 · My Sweet Pepper Land as Govend
- 2013 · Just Like a Woman as Mona
- 2013 · The Patience Stone as The woman
- 2011 · Chicken with Plums as Irâne
- 2011 · There Be Dragons as Leila
- 2009 · About Elly as Sepideh
- 2008 · Body of Lies as Aisha
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- 2006 · Bab'Aziz as Nour
- Future · The Thing That Hurts as
- 2025 · Oh, What Happy Days! as
- 2025 · Super Plan as Self - Guest
- 2024 · Sinjar, naissance des fantômes as Narrator (voix)
- 2024 · Free to Create - Artists in Exile as Herself
- 2023 · Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution as Self
- 2023 · Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate as Self
- 2022 · My Father's Dragon as Dela Elevator (voice)
- 2022 · Brother and Sister as Faunia Vuillard
- 2021 · Cocorica as (voice)
- 2021 · Surge as Nora
- 2021 · C ce soir, le débat as Self - Guest
- 2018 · The Night Eats the World as Sarah
- 2017 · Behrouz: A Legend on Screen as Self
- 2016 · Paterson as Laura
- 2016 · Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report as Self
- 2012 · The Rule of Three as Marie
- 2011 · If You Die, I'll Kill You as Sibe
- 2009 · Shirin as
- 2008 · The Wall as Setareh
- 2008 · There's Always a Woman in Between as
- 2007 · The Music Man as Hanieh
- 2007 · The Fish Fall in Love as Touka
- 2006 · M for Mother as Sepideh
- 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
- 2003 · Boutique as Eti
- 2002 · Zamaneh as Zamaneh
- 1998 · The Pear Tree as M
- Future · Les Clochettes de Kaboul as Leila
- Future · La Vie d'une Femme as
- Future · Un peu avant minuit as
- Future · Conference of the Birds as
- Future · Dog my Cats! as (voice)
- 2000 · Seven Acts as