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