Golshifteh Farahani
Acting
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.
TV Shows(7)
Movies(72)
Matchbox
Robbie
2026
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
Alpha
Mother
2025
William Tell
Suna
2025
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Azar Nafisi
2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
242B (voice)
2024
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Narrator (voix)
2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Self
2024
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Herself
2024
Hood Witch
Nour
2023
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Self
2023
Extraction 2
Nik Khan
2023
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Self
2023
Romantique
Salomé
2022
My Father's Dragon
Dela Elevator (voice)
2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Self
2022
Brother and Sister
Faunia Vuillard
2022
Cocorica
(voice)
2021
Extraction
Nik Khan
2020
Arab Blues
Selma
2020
Blind Spot
Elham
2019
The Song of Scorpions
Nooran
2019
The Upside
Maggie
2019
The Night Eats the World
Sarah
2018
Girls of the Sun
Bahar
2018
Christmas & Co.
Amélie
2017
Shelter
Lina/Mona
2017
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
Self
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Shansa
2017
Paterson
Laura
2016
Go Home
Nada
2016
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Self
2016
Sophie's Misfortunes
Madame de Réan
2016
Finding Altamira
Conchita
2016
Two Friends
Mona
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Nefertari
2014
Eden
Yasmin
2014
Rosewater
Maryam
2014
My Sweet Pepper Land
Govend
2014
Just Like a Woman
Mona
2013
The Patience Stone
The woman
2013
Rule of Three
Marie
2012
Chicken with Plums
Irâne
2011
There Be Dragons
Leila
2011
If You Die, I'll Kill You
Sibe
2011
About Elly
Sepideh
2009
Shirin
2009
Body of Lies
Aisha
2008
The Wall
Setareh
2008
There's Always a Woman in Between
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
2007
The Music Man
Hanieh
2007
The Fish Fall in Love
Touka
2007
Bab'Aziz
Nour
2006
M for Mother
Sepideh
2006
Half Moon
Niwemang
2006
In the Name of the Father
Habibe
2006
The Disgraced
Maryam
2006
The Tear of the Cold
Ronak
2004
Two Angels
Azar
2003
Somewhere Else
2003
Boutique
Eti
2003
Zamaneh
Zamaneh
2002
Seven Acts
2000
The Pear Tree
M
1998
The Thing That Hurts
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
Leila
Conference of the Birds
Un peu avant minuit
Dog my Cats!
(voice)
Extraction 3
Nik Khan