Golshifteh Farahani

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

67

Gender

Female

Birthday

1983-07-10 (40 years old)

Place of Birth

Tehran, Iran

Also Known As

  • Rahavard Farahani
  • 골쉬프테 파라하니
  • گلشیفته فراهانی
  • Golshifte Farahani
  • ゴルシフテ・ファラハニ
  • Гольшифте Фарахані
  • Гольшіфте Фарахані
  • 格什菲·法拉哈尼
  • Гольшифтех Фарахані

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 Asgha222

r 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 played in Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver, in the last Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) and in the French movie Santa & Cie (2017).

Known For

Extraction
7.3%

Extraction

Apr 24, 2020

Exodus: Gods and Kings
5.9%

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Dec 3, 2014

Body of Lies
6.6%

Body of Lies

Oct 9, 2008

Extraction 2
7.5%

Extraction 2

Jun 9, 2023

Paterson
7.1%

Paterson

Nov 17, 2016

The Upside
7.1%

The Upside

Jan 10, 2019

Invasion
7.2%

Invasion

Oct 21, 2021

Christmas & Co.
6.3%

Christmas & Co.

Dec 6, 2017

About Elly
7.4%

About Elly

Jun 6, 2009

Arab Blues
6.1%

Arab Blues

Feb 12, 2020

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Acting

Reading Lolita in Tehran
Extraction 3 as Nik Khan
William Tell as Suna
The Thing That Hurts
2024
Hood Witch as Nour
2024
Can Creativity Save the World? as Herself
2024
Free to Create - Artists in Exile as Herself
2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as 242B (voice)
2023
Femme, vie, liberté - Une révolution iranienne as Herself
2023
Extraction 2 as Nik Khan
2022
Romantique as Salomé
2022
My Father's Dragon as Dela Elevator (voice)
2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires as Self
2022
Brother and Sister as Faunia Vuillard
2021
COCORICA
2021
Surge as Nora
2021
Invasion as Aneesha Malik
2020
Extraction as Nik Khan
2020
Arab Blues as Selma
2019
Blind Spot as Elham
2019
The Song of Scorpions as Nooran
2019
The Upside as Maggie
2018
The Night Eats the World as Sarah
2018
Girls of the Sun as Bahar
2017
Christmas & Co. as Amélie
2017
Shelter as Lina/Mona
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Shansa
2016
Paterson as Laura
2016
Go Home as Nada
2016
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report as Self
2016
Sophie's Misfortunes as Madame de Réan
2016
Finding Altamira as Conchita
2015
Two Friends as Mona
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nefertari
2014
Eden as Yasmin
2014
Rosewater as Maryam
2014
My Sweet Pepper Land as Govend
2014
The Revelations 2014
2013
Just Like a Woman as Mona
2013
The Patience Stone as The woman
2012
The Rule of Three as Marie
2012
The Revelations 2012
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
2008
Body of Lies as Aisha
2008
The Wall as Setareh
2008
Shirin as Woman in audience
2008
There's Always a Woman in Between
2007
To Each His Own Cinema as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
2007
Where Is My Romeo?
2007
The Music Man as Hanieh
2006
Bab'Aziz as Nour
2006
M for Mother as Sepideh
2006
Half Moon as Niwemang
2006
In the Name of the Father as Habibe
2006
The Disgraced as Maryam
2006
The Fish Fall in Love as Touka
2004
The Tear of the Cold as Ronak
2003
Two Angels as Azar
2003
Somewhere Else
2003
Boutique as Eti
2002
Zamaneh as Zamaneh
2000
Seven Acts
1998
The Pear Tree as M
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