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 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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1983-07-10
Place of birth
Tehran, Iran
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Cast
Body of Lies
2008
6.63
Extraction 2
2023
7.40
Romantique
2022
4.92
About Elly
2009
7.50
Half Moon
2006
6.40
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
6.50
There Be Dragons
2011
5.07
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2024
7.26
Brother and Sister
2022
4.87
Chicken with Plums
2011
7.00
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
0.00
Just Like a Woman
2013
5.50
The Patience Stone
2013
7.04
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
5.88
My Father's Dragon
2022
7.10
The Pear Tree
1998
6.70
My Sweet Pepper Land
2014
7.10
The Rule of Three
2012
6.00
The Music Man
2007
6.80
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016
0.00
William Tell
2025
6.21
Cocorica
2021
0.00
Finding Altamira
2016
5.80
Two Friends
2015
5.90
Two Angels
2003
0.00
Rosewater
2014
6.42
Hood Witch
2023
6.08
Boutique
2003
7.00
Sophie's Misfortunes
2016
4.80
Alpha
2025
6.46
Paterson
2016
7.11
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
2024
9.00
Go Home
2016
5.10
If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011
6.00
M for Mother
2006
8.00
Eden
2014
5.82
Bab'Aziz
2006
7.22
The Fish Fall in Love
2007
6.00
The Upside
2019
7.13
Christmas & Co.
2017
6.28
The Song of Scorpions
2019
8.00
The Night Eats the World
2018
6.02
Shelter
2017
5.30
Girls of the Sun
2018
7.00
In the Name of the Father
2006
5.60
Arab Blues
2020
6.10
Seven Acts
2000
3.00
Blind Spot
2019
5.33
Extraction
2020
7.30
The Wall
2008
0.00
The Tear of the Cold
2004
0.00
Somewhere Else
2003
0.00
Zamaneh
2002
3.00
The Disgraced
2006
0.00
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
5.75
Shirin
2009
6.20
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
0.00
Dog my Cats!
0.00
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
2017
0.00