Golshifteh Farahani
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1983-07-10 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
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.
Known For
Acting
Extraction 3
as Nik Khan
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
as Leila
(2025)
William Tell
as Suna
(2025)
Alpha
as Maman
(2024)
(2024)
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as 242B (voice)
(2024)
Hood Witch
as Nour
(2024)
Reading Lolita in Tehran
as Azar Nafisi
(2024)
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
as Herself
(2024)
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
as Narrator (voix)
(2023)
Extraction 2
as Nik Khan
(2023)
(2023)
(2022)
My Father's Dragon
as Dela Elevator (voice)
(2022)
Romantique
as Salomé
(2022)
(2022)
Brother and Sister
as Faunia Vuillard
(2021)
Cocorica
as (voice)
(2020)
Extraction
as Nik Khan
(2020)
Arab Blues
as Selma
(2019)
The Upside
as Maggie
(2019)
Blind Spot
as Elham
(2019)
The Song of Scorpions
as Nooran
(2018)
The Night Eats the World
as Sarah
(2018)
Girls of the Sun
as Bahar
(2017)
(2017)
Christmas & Co.
as Amélie
(2017)
Shelter
as Lina/Mona
(2016)
Go Home
as Nada
(2016)
(2016)
Sophie's Misfortunes
as Madame de Réan
(2016)
Finding Altamira
as Conchita
(2016)
Paterson
as Laura
(2015)
Two Friends
as Mona
(2015)
(2014)
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nefertari
(2014)
Eden
as Yasmin
(2014)
My Sweet Pepper Land
as Govend
(2014)
Rosewater
as Maryam
(2013)
The Patience Stone
as The woman
(2013)
Just Like a Woman
as Mona
(2012)
The Rule of Three
as Marie
(2011)
Chicken with Plums
as Irâne
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Leila
(2011)
If You Die, I'll Kill You
as Sibe
(2009)
About Elly
as Sepideh
(2009)
(2008)
Body of Lies
as Aisha
(2008)
(2008)
The Wall
as Setareh
(2007)
The Music Man
as Hanieh
(2007)
The Fish Fall in Love
as Touka
(2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
(2006)
Bab'Aziz
as Nour
(2006)
The Disgraced
as Maryam
(2006)
M for Mother
as Sepideh
(2006)
In the Name of the Father
as Habibe
(2006)
Half Moon
as Niwemang
(2004)
The Tear of the Cold
as Ronak
(2003)
Boutique
as Eti
(2003)
(2003)
Two Angels
as Azar
(2002)
Zamaneh
as Zamaneh
(2000)
(1998)
The Pear Tree
as M