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Golshifteh Farahani

Known for acting · Born 10 July 1983 · 43 · Tehran, Iran

80 credits

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.

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Known for

Invasion

2021

Body of Lies

2008

Extraction 2

2023

Paterson

2016

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017

Extraction

2020

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

The Night Eats the World

2018

Christmas & Co.

2017

About Elly

2009

The Upside

2019

William Tell

2025

Acting (80)

2026One Minute to MidnightTinaFilm
2026Matchbox the MovieRobbieFilm
2025William TellSunaFilm
2025AlphaMotherFilm
2025Oh, What Happy Days!Film
2025Super PlanSelf - GuestSeries
2024Reading Lolita in TehranAzar NafisiFilm
2024Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust242B (voice)Film
2024Sinjar, naissance des fantômesNarrator (voix)Film
2024Free to Create - Artists in ExileHerselfFilm
2024Can Creativity Save the World?SelfFilm
2023Extraction 2Nik KhanFilm
2023Hood WitchNourFilm
2023Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River PlateSelfFilm
2023Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian RevolutionSelfFilm
2023Beau gesteSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2023Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinémaSelf - GuestSeries
2022My Father's DragonDela Elevator (voice)Film
2022Brother and SisterFaunia VuillardFilm
2022RomantiqueSaloméFilm
2022Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos AiresSelfFilm
2021InvasionAneesha Malik · 30 episodesSeries
2021SurgeNora · 5 episodesSeries
2021C ce soirSelf - GuestSeries
2021Cocorica(voice)Film
2020ExtractionNik KhanFilm
2020Arab BluesSelmaFilm
2019The UpsideMaggieFilm
2019Blind SpotElhamFilm
2019The Song of ScorpionsNooranFilm
2018The Night Eats the WorldSarahFilm
2018Girls of the SunBaharFilm
2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesShansaFilm
2017Christmas & Co.AmélieFilm
2017ShelterLina/MonaFilm
2017Behrouz: A Legend on ScreenSelfFilm
2016PatersonLauraFilm
2016Finding AltamiraConchitaFilm
2016Sophie's MisfortunesMadame de RéanFilm
2016Go HomeNadaFilm
2016Mehrjui: The Forty-Year ReportSelfFilm
2015Two FriendsMonaFilm
2015Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'SelfFilm
2014Exodus: Gods and KingsNefertariFilm
2014RosewaterMaryamFilm
2014EdenYasminFilm
2014My Sweet Pepper LandGovendFilm
2013The Patience StoneThe womanFilm
2013Just Like a WomanMonaFilm
2012Rule of ThreeMarieFilm
2011Chicken with PlumsIrâneFilm
2011There Be DragonsLeilaFilm
2011If You Die, I'll Kill YouSibeFilm
2009About EllySepidehFilm
2009ShirinFilm
2008Body of LiesAishaFilm
2008There's Always a Woman in BetweenFilm
2008The WallSetarehFilm
2007To Each His Own CinemaWoman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)Film
2007The Music ManHaniehFilm
2007The Fish Fall in LoveToukaFilm
2006Bab'AzizNourFilm
2006Half MoonNiwemangFilm
2006M for MotherSepidehFilm
2006In the Name of the FatherHabibeFilm
2006The DisgracedMaryamFilm
2004The Tear of the ColdRonakFilm
2003BoutiqueEtiFilm
2003Two AngelsAzarFilm
2003Somewhere ElseFilm
2002ZamanehZamanehFilm
2000Seven ActsFilm
1998The Pear TreeMFilm
1976Cérémonie des CésarSelf - PresenterSeries
—The Thing That HurtsFilm
—Les Clochettes de KaboulLeilaFilm
—Conference of the BirdsFilm
—Dog my Cats!(voice)Film
—Extraction 3Nik KhanFilm
—Chandshanbeh Ba SinaGuestSeries