Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 10, 1983
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Credits
80 titles
Golshifteh Farahani
Biography
Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی) was born on 10th July 1983 and is an international Iranian actress. 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
Filmography
Un peu avant minuit
Tina
Matchbox: The Movie
Robbie
Oh, What Happy Days!
Super Plan
Self - Guest
Alpha
Mother
William Tell
Suna
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
242B (voice)
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Narrator (voix)
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Herself
Hood Witch
Nour
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Self
Extraction 2
Nik Khan
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Self
Beau geste
Self
Romantique
Salomé
My Father's Dragon
Dela Elevator (voice)
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Self
Brother and Sister
Faunia Vuillard
Cocorica
(voice)
Surge
Nora
Invasion
Aneesha Malik
C ce soir, le débat
Self - Guest
Extraction
Nik Khan
Arab Blues
Selma
Blind Spot
Elham
The Song of Scorpions
Nooran
The Upside
Maggie
The Night Eats the World
Sarah
Girls of the Sun
Bahar
Christmas & Co.
Amélie
Shelter
Lina/Mona
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Shansa
Paterson
Laura
Go Home
Nada
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Self
Sophie's Misfortunes
Madame de Réan
Finding Altamira
Conchita
Two Friends
Mona
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Nefertari
Eden
Yasmin
Rosewater
Maryam
My Sweet Pepper Land
Govend
Just Like a Woman
Mona
The Patience Stone
The woman
Rule of Three
Marie