Golshifteh Farahani
Born: 1983-07-10 in Tehran, Iran
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- Matchbox as Robbie
2025
- Alpha as Mother
- William Tell as Suna
- Super Plan as Self - Guest
- Oh, What Happy Days!
2024
- Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as 242B (voice)
- Reading Lolita in Tehran as Azar Nafisi
- Can Creativity Save the World? as Self
- Free to Create - Artists in Exile as Herself
- Sinjar, naissance des fantômes as Narrator (voix)
2023
- Extraction 2 as Nik Khan
- Beau geste as Self
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Hood Witch as Nour
- Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate as Self
- Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution as Self
2022
- My Father's Dragon as Dela Elevator (voice)
- Brother and Sister as Faunia Vuillard
- Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires as Self
- Romantique as Salomé
2021
- Invasion as Aneesha Malik
- C ce soir, le débat as Self - Guest
- Surge as Nora
- Cocorica as (voice)
2020
- Extraction as Nik Khan
- Arab Blues as Selma
2019
- The Upside as Maggie
- The Song of Scorpions as Nooran
- Blind Spot as Elham
2018
- The Night Eats the World as Sarah
- Girls of the Sun as Bahar
2017
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Shansa
- Christmas & Co. as Amélie
- Shelter as Lina/Mona
- Behrouz: A Legend on Screen as Self
2016
- Paterson as Laura
- Finding Altamira as Conchita
- Sophie's Misfortunes as Madame de Réan
- Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report as Self
- Go Home as Nada
2015
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- Two Friends as Mona
2014
- Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nefertari
- Rosewater as Maryam
- Eden as Yasmin
- My Sweet Pepper Land as Govend
2013
- The Patience Stone as The woman
- Just Like a Woman as Mona
2012
- Rule of Three as Marie
2011
- There Be Dragons as Leila
- Chicken with Plums as Irâne
- If You Die, I'll Kill You as Sibe
2009
- About Elly as Sepideh
- Shirin
2008
- Body of Lies as Aisha
- The Wall as Setareh
- There's Always a Woman in Between
2007
- To Each His Own Cinema as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- The Music Man as Hanieh
- The Fish Fall in Love as Touka
2006
- Half Moon as Niwemang
- Bab'Aziz as Nour
- In the Name of the Father as Habibe
- The Disgraced as Maryam
- M for Mother as Sepideh
2004
- The Tear of the Cold as Ronak
2003
- Somewhere Else
- Two Angels as Azar
- Boutique as Eti
2002
- Zamaneh as Zamaneh
2000
1998
- The Pear Tree as M
1976
- Cérémonie des César as Self - Presenter