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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 10, 1983
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Also Known As
- Rahavard Farahani
- 골쉬프테 파라하니
- گلشیفته فراهانی
- Golshifte Farahani
- Гольшифте Фарахані
- Гольшіфте Фарахані
- 格什菲·法拉哈尼
- Гольшифтех Фарахані
Golshifteh Farahani
2.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
0.0
Self - Guest
Super Plan
2025
6.6
Maman
Alpha
2025
6.2
Suna
William Tell
2025
7.3
Azar Nafisi
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2024
5.8
242B (voice)
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
9.0
Narrator (voix)
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
2024
0.0
Self
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
🎬
7.0
Herself
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024
6.1
Nour
Hood Witch
2023
Credits
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
0.0
Super Plan
as Self - Guest
2025
0.0
Alpha
as Maman
2025
6.6
William Tell
as Suna
2025
6.2
Reading Lolita in Tehran
as Azar Nafisi
2024
7.3
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as 242B (voice)
2024
5.8
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
as Narrator (voix)
2024
9.0
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self
2024
0.0
🎬
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
as Herself
2024
7.0
Hood Witch
as Nour
2023
6.1
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
2023
0.0
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
as Self
2023
8.5
Extraction 2
as Nik Khan
2023
7.4
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
as Self
2023
8.0
Beau geste
as Self
2023
1.0
Romantique
as Salomé
2022
4.9
My Father's Dragon
as Dela Elevator (voice)
2022
7.1
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
as Self
2022
8.7
Brother and Sister
as Faunia Vuillard
2022
4.9
Cocorica
as (voice)
2021
0.0
Surge
as Nora
2021
7.5
Invasion
as Aneesha Malik
2021
7.2
C ce soir, le débat
as Self - Guest
2021
2.0
Extraction
as Nik Khan
2020
7.3
Arab Blues
as Selma
2020
6.1
Blind Spot
as Elham
2019
5.3
The Song of Scorpions
as Nooran
2019
8.0
The Upside
as Maggie
2019
7.1
The Night Eats the World
as Sarah
2018
6.0
Girls of the Sun
as Bahar
2018
7.0
Christmas & Co.
as Amélie
2017
6.3
Shelter
as Lina/Mona
2017
5.3
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
as Self
2017
0.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Shansa
2017
6.7
Paterson
as Laura
2016
7.1
Go Home
as Nada
2016
5.1
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
as Self
2016
0.0
Sophie's Misfortunes
as Madame de Réan
2016
4.8
Finding Altamira
as Conchita
2016
5.8
Two Friends
as Mona
2015
5.9
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
as Self
2015
5.8
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nefertari
2014
5.9
Eden
as Yasmin
2014
5.8
Rosewater
as Maryam
2014
6.4
My Sweet Pepper Land
as Govend
2014
7.1
Just Like a Woman
as Mona
2013
5.5
The Patience Stone
as The woman
2013
7.0
The Rule of Three
as Marie
2012
6.0
Chicken with Plums
as Irâne
2011
7.0
There Be Dragons
as Leila
2011
5.0
If You Die, I'll Kill You
as Sibe
2011
6.0
About Elly
as Sepideh
2009
7.5
Shirin
2009
6.1
Body of Lies
as Aisha
2008
6.6
The Wall
as Setareh
2008
0.0
There's Always a Woman in Between
2008
3.3
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
2007
6.5
The Music Man
as Hanieh
2007
6.8
The Fish Fall in Love
as Touka
2007
6.0
Bab'Aziz
as Nour
2006
7.2
M for Mother
as Sepideh
2006
8.0
Half Moon
as Niwemang
2006
6.4
In the Name of the Father
as Habibe
2006
5.6
The Disgraced
as Maryam
2006
0.0
The Tear of the Cold
as Ronak
2004
0.0
Two Angels
as Azar
2003
0.0
Somewhere Else
2003
0.0
Boutique
as Eti
2003
7.0
Zamaneh
as Zamaneh
2002
3.0
Seven Acts
2000
3.0
The Pear Tree
as M
1998
6.7
🎬
The Thing That Hurts
N/A
0.0
🎬
La Vie d'une Femme
N/A
0.0
🎬
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
as Leila
N/A
0.0
🎬
Conference of the Birds
N/A
0.0
🎬
Un peu avant minuit
N/A
0.0
Dog my Cats!
as (voice)
N/A
0.0