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