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
- 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 · 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
- 2019 · The Upside as Maggie
- 2018 · Girls of the Sun as Bahar
- 2017 · Christmas & Co. as Amélie
- 2017 · Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Shansa
- 2016 · Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report as Self
- 2016 · Sophie's Misfortunes as Madame de Réan
- 2014 · Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nefertari
- 2014 · Eden as Yasmin
- 2014 · Rosewater as Maryam
- 2013 · Just Like a Woman as Mona
- 2013 · The Patience Stone as The woman
- 2011 · Chicken with Plums as Irâne
- 2009 · About Elly as Sepideh
- 2009 · Shirin as
- 2008 · Body of Lies as Aisha
- 2008 · There's Always a Woman in Between as
- 2006 · Bab'Aziz as Nour
- 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 · 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
- 2016 · Paterson as Laura
- Future · Conference of the Birds as
- 2025 · Oh, What Happy Days! as
- 2025 · Super Plan as Self - Guest
- 2024 · Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as 242B (voice)
- 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
- 2023 · Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate 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
- 2021 · Cocorica as (voice)
- 2021 · Surge as Nora
- 2020 · Arab Blues as Selma
- 2019 · Blind Spot as Elham
- 2019 · The Song of Scorpions as Nooran
- 2018 · The Night Eats the World as Sarah
- 2017 · Shelter as Lina/Mona
- 2017 · Behrouz: A Legend on Screen as Self
- 2016 · Go Home as Nada
- 2016 · Finding Altamira as Conchita
- 2015 · Two Friends as Mona
- 2015 · Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- 2014 · My Sweet Pepper Land as Govend
- 2012 · The Rule of Three as Marie
- 2011 · There Be Dragons as Leila
- 2011 · If You Die, I'll Kill You as Sibe
- 2008 · The Wall as Setareh
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- 2007 · The Music Man as Hanieh
- 2006 · M for Mother as Sepideh
- 2003 · Two Angels as Azar
- Future · Les Clochettes de Kaboul as Leila
- Future · Un peu avant minuit as
- 2007 · The Fish Fall in Love as Touka
- Future · Dog my Cats! as (voice)