Golshifteh Farahani
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.
Movies (67)
Matchbox
2026
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
Alpha
2025
William Tell
2025
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
Hood Witch
2023
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
2023
Extraction 2
2023
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
2023
Romantique
2022
My Father's Dragon
2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022
Brother and Sister
2022
Cocorica
2021
Extraction
2020
Arab Blues
2020
Blind Spot
2019
The Song of Scorpions
2019
The Upside
2019
The Night Eats the World
2018
Girls of the Sun
2018
Christmas & Co.
2017
Shelter
2017
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
Paterson
2016
Go Home
2016
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016
Sophie's Misfortunes
2016
Finding Altamira
2016
Two Friends
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Eden
2014
Rosewater
2014
My Sweet Pepper Land
2014
Just Like a Woman
2013
The Patience Stone
2013
Rule of Three
2012
Chicken with Plums
2011
There Be Dragons
2011
If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011
About Elly
2009
Shirin
2009
Body of Lies
2008
The Wall
2008
There's Always a Woman in Between
2008
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
The Music Man
2007
The Fish Fall in Love
2007
Bab'Aziz
2006
M for Mother
2006
Half Moon
2006
In the Name of the Father
2006
The Disgraced
2006
The Tear of the Cold
2004
Two Angels
2003
Somewhere Else
2003
Boutique
2003
Zamaneh
2002
Seven Acts
2000
The Pear Tree
1998
Dog my Cats!
