Golshifteh Farahani
Biography
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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Full filmography
- Invasion (2021) as Aneesha Malik
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) as Shansa
- Extraction 2 (2023) as Nik Khan
- Extraction (2020) as Nik Khan
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) as Nefertari
- Beau geste (2023) as Self
- Alpha (2025) as Mother
- Extraction 3 as Nik Khan
- C ce soir, le débat (2021) as Self - Guest
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma (2023) as Self - Guest
- William Tell (2025) as Suna
- Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - Presenter
- The Upside (2019) as Maggie
- Body of Lies (2008) as Aisha
- Paterson (2016) as Laura
- Reading Lolita in Tehran (2024) as Azar Nafisi
- Matchbox (2026) as Robbie
- The Night Eats the World (2018) as Sarah
- The Patience Stone (2013) as The woman
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- My Father's Dragon (2022) as Dela Elevator (voice)
- Super Plan (2025) as Self - Guest
- Christmas & Co. (2017) as Amélie
- About Elly (2009) as Sepideh