Golshifteh Farahani
Biography
Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی) was born on 10th July 1983 and is an international Iranian actress. 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
Invasion
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Extraction 2
Extraction
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Beau geste
Alpha
Extraction 3
All Movies (72)
- Un peu avant minuit2026 · as Tina
- Matchbox2026 · as Robbie
- Oh, What Happy Days!2025
- Alpha2025 · as Mother
- William Tell2025 · as Suna
- Reading Lolita in Tehran2024 · as Azar Nafisi
- Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust2024 · as 242B (voice)
- Sinjar, naissance des fantômes2024 · as Narrator (voix)
- Can Creativity Save the World?2024 · as Self
- Free to Create - Artists in Exile2024 · as Herself
- Hood Witch2023 · as Nour
- Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution2023 · as Self
- Extraction 22023 · as Nik Khan
- Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate2023 · as Self
- Romantique2022 · as Salomé
- My Father's Dragon2022 · as Dela Elevator (voice)
- Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires2022 · as Self
- Brother and Sister2022 · as Faunia Vuillard
- Cocorica2021 · as (voice)
- Extraction2020 · as Nik Khan
- Arab Blues2020 · as Selma
- Blind Spot2019 · as Elham
- The Song of Scorpions2019 · as Nooran
- The Upside2019 · as Maggie
- The Night Eats the World2018 · as Sarah
- Girls of the Sun2018 · as Bahar
- Christmas & Co.2017 · as Amélie
- Shelter2017 · as Lina/Mona
- Behrouz: A Legend on Screen2017 · as Self
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales2017 · as Shansa
- Paterson2016 · as Laura
- Go Home2016 · as Nada
- Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report2016 · as Self
- Sophie's Misfortunes2016 · as Madame de Réan
- Finding Altamira2016 · as Conchita
- Two Friends2015 · as Mona
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'2015 · as Self
- Exodus: Gods and Kings2014 · as Nefertari
- Eden2014 · as Yasmin
- Rosewater2014 · as Maryam
- My Sweet Pepper Land2014 · as Govend
- Just Like a Woman2013 · as Mona
- The Patience Stone2013 · as The woman
- Rule of Three2012 · as Marie
- Chicken with Plums2011 · as Irâne
- There Be Dragons2011 · as Leila
- If You Die, I'll Kill You2011 · as Sibe
- About Elly2009 · as Sepideh
- Shirin2009
- Body of Lies2008 · as Aisha
- The Wall2008 · as Setareh
- There's Always a Woman in Between2008
- To Each His Own Cinema2007 · as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- The Music Man2007 · as Hanieh
- The Fish Fall in Love2007 · as Touka
- Bab'Aziz2006 · as Nour
- M for Mother2006 · as Sepideh
- Half Moon2006 · as Niwemang
- In the Name of the Father2006 · as Habibe
- The Disgraced2006 · as Maryam
- The Tear of the Cold2004 · as Ronak
- Two Angels2003 · as Azar
- Somewhere Else2003
- Boutique2003 · as Eti
- Zamaneh2002 · as Zamaneh
- Seven Acts2000
- The Pear Tree1998 · as M
- The Thing That Hurts—
- Les Clochettes de Kaboul— · as Leila
- Conference of the Birds—
- Dog my Cats!— · as (voice)
- Extraction 3— · as Nik Khan
All TV Shows (8)
- Super Plan2025 · as Self - Guest
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma2023 · as Self - Guest
- Beau geste2023 · as Self
- Surge2021 · as Nora
- Invasion2021 · as Aneesha Malik
- C ce soir, le débat2021 · as Self - Guest
- Cérémonie des César1976 · as Self - Presenter
- Chandshanbeh Ba Sina— · as Guest