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.
2021 • TV
2017 • Movie
2025 • Movie
2023 • Movie
2014 • Movie
2023 • TV
as Shansa
as Maman
as Nik Khan
as Nefertari
as Suna
as Irâne
as Maryam
as The woman
as Faunia Vuillard
as Niwemang
as Eti
as Bahar
as Yasmin
as M
as Lina/Mona
as Nada
as Maggie
as Amélie
as Nour
as Nour
as Aneesha Malik
30 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Nora
5 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
