Golshifteh Farahani
Acting
Born: Jul 10, 1983
From: Tehran, Iran
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Tell | Suna | 2025 | 6.2 |
| Reading Lolita in Tehran | Azar Nafisi | 2024 | 7.242 |
| Can Creativity Save the World? | Self | 2024 | — |
| Free to Create - Artists in Exile | Herself | 2024 | 7.0 |
| Extraction 2 | Nik Khan | 2023 | 7.383 |
| Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution | Self | 2023 | 8.5 |
| Romantique | Salomé | 2022 | 5.0 |
| Brother and Sister | Faunia Vuillard | 2022 | 4.9 |
| My Father's Dragon | Dela Elevator (voice) | 2022 | 7.1 |
| Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires | Self | 2022 | 8.8 |
| Cocorica | (voice) | 2021 | — |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Shansa | 2017 | 6.7 |
| Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report | Self | 2016 | — |
| Finding Altamira | Conchita | 2016 | 5.8 |
| Two Friends | Mona | 2015 | 5.8 |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | Nefertari | 2014 | 5.9 |
| My Sweet Pepper Land | Govend | 2014 | 7.0 |
| Rosewater | Maryam | 2014 | 6.4 |
| Just Like a Woman | Mona | 2013 | 5.5 |
| The Patience Stone | The woman | 2013 | 7.0 |
| Rule of Three | Marie | 2012 | 6.0 |
| There Be Dragons | Leila | 2011 | 5.109 |
| Chicken with Plums | Irâne | 2011 | 7.038 |
| About Elly | Sepideh | 2009 | 7.471 |
| Body of Lies | Aisha | 2008 | 6.63 |
| To Each His Own Cinema | Woman in Cinema (segment: Where … | 2007 | 6.5 |
| The Music Man | Hanieh | 2007 | 6.844 |
| Half Moon | Niwemang | 2006 | 6.448 |
| Two Angels | Azar | 2003 | 10.0 |
| The Pear Tree | M | 1998 | 6.825 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1983 |
| From | Tehran, Iran |