Golshifteh Farahani
ActingAlso Known As
Rahavard Farahani, 골쉬프테 파라하니, گلشیفته فراهانی, Golshifte Farahani, Гольшифте Фарахані
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.
Movies
(71 total)
Extraction
as Nik Khan
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nefertari
Body of Lies
as Aisha
Extraction 2
as Nik Khan
Paterson
as Laura
The Upside
as Maggie
The Night Eats the World
as Sarah
Christmas & Co.
as Amélie
About Elly
as Sepideh
Arab Blues
as Selma
William Tell
as Suna
Rosewater
as Maryam
Chicken with Plums
as Irâne
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
Eden
as Yasmin
Finding Altamira
as Conchita
There Be Dragons
as Leila
Two Friends
as Mona
Brother and Sister
as Faunia Vuillard
TV Shows
(7 total)
Invasion
as Aneesha Malik
Surge
as Nora
Cérémonie des César
as Self - Presenter
Beau geste
as Self
C ce soir, le débat
as Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
Super Plan
as Self - Guest