Golshifteh Farahani

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
July 10, 1983

Place of Birth:
Tehran, Iran

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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 played in Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver, in the last Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) and in the French movie Santa & Cie (2017).

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 William Tell Suna
2025 Alpha Maman
2024 Reading Lolita in Tehran Azar Nafisi
2024 Can Creativity Save the World? Self
2024 Free to Create - Artists in Exile Herself
2024 Hood Witch Nour
2024 Sinjar, naissance des fantômes Narrator (voix)
2024 Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust 242B (voice)
2023 Extraction 2 Nik Khan
2023 Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution Self
2023 Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate Self
2022 Romantique Salomé
2022 Brother and Sister Faunia Vuillard
2022 My Father's Dragon Dela Elevator (voice)
2022 Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires Self
2021 Cocorica (voice)
2020 Arab Blues Selma
2020 Extraction Nik Khan
2019 The Upside Maggie
2019 The Song of Scorpions Nooran
2019 Blind Spot Elham
2018 The Night Eats the World Sarah
2018 Girls of the Sun Bahar
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Shansa
2017 Christmas & Co. Amélie
2017 Shelter Lina/Mona
2016 Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report Self
2016 Finding Altamira Conchita
2016 Sophie's Misfortunes Madame de Réan
2016 Paterson Laura
2016 Go Home Nada
2015 Two Friends Mona
2015 Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Self
2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings Nefertari
2014 My Sweet Pepper Land Govend
2014 Rosewater Maryam
2014 Eden Yasmin
2013 Just Like a Woman Mona
2013 The Patience Stone The woman
2012 The Rule of Three Marie
2011 There Be Dragons Leila
2011 Chicken with Plums Irâne
2011 If You Die, I'll Kill You Sibe
2009 About Elly Sepideh
2009 Shirin
2008 Body of Lies Aisha
2008 There's Always a Woman in Between
2008 The Wall Setareh
2007 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 Where Is My Romeo?
2006 Half Moon Niwemang
2006 M for Mother Sepideh
2006 Bab'Aziz Nour
2006 In the Name of the Father Habibe
2006 The Disgraced Maryam
2004 The Tear of the Cold Ronak
2003 Two Angels Azar
2003 Boutique Eti
2003 Somewhere Else
2002 Zamaneh Zamaneh
2000 Seven Acts
1998 The Pear Tree M
The Thing That Hurts
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
La Vie d'une Femme
Conference of the Birds
Year TV Show Role
2023 Beau geste Self
2023 Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma Self - Guest
2021 Invasion Aneesha Malik
2021 Surge Nora
2021 C ce soir, le débat Self - Guest
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