Golshifteh Farahani
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: July 10, 1983
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Known For
Filmography
as Self - Guest
as Maman
as Suna
as Azar Nafisi
as 242B (voice)
as Narrator (voix)
as Nour
as Self - Guest
as Nik Khan
as Self
as Salomé
as Dela Elevator (voice)
as Faunia Vuillard
as (voice)
as Nora
as Aneesha Malik
as Self - Guest
as Nik Khan
as Selma
as Elham
as Nooran
as Maggie
as Sarah
as Bahar
as Amélie
as Lina/Mona
as Laura
as Nada
as Madame de Réan
as Conchita
as Mona
as Nefertari
as Yasmin
as Maryam
as Govend
as Mona
as The woman
as Marie
as Irâne
as Leila
as Sibe
as Sepideh
as Aisha
as Setareh
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
as Hanieh
as Touka
as Nour
as Sepideh
as Niwemang
as Habibe
as Maryam
as Ronak
as Azar
as Eti
as Zamaneh
as M