Golshifteh Farahani
- Teen actor
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 played in Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver, in the last Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) and in the French movie Santa & Cie (2017).
Acted in
William Tell
2025
as Suna
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2024
as Azar Nafisi
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
as 242B (voice)
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
2024
as Narrator (voix)
Hood Witch
2024
as Nour
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024
as Self
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024
as Herself
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
2023
as Self - Guest
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
2023
as Self
Extraction 2
2023
as Nik Khan
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
2023
as Self
Beau geste
2023
as Self
Romantique
2022
as Salomé
My Father's Dragon
2022
as Dela Elevator (voice)
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022
as Self
Brother and Sister
2022
as Faunia Vuillard
Cocorica
2021
as (voice)
Surge
2021
as Nora
Invasion
2021
as Aneesha Malik
Extraction
2020
as Nik Khan
Arab Blues
2020
as Selma
Blind Spot
2019
as Elham
The Song of Scorpions
2019
as Nooran
The Upside
2019
as Maggie
The Night Eats the World
2018
as Sarah
Girls of the Sun
2018
as Bahar
Christmas & Co.
2017
as Amélie
Shelter
2017
as Lina/Mona
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Shansa
Paterson
2016
as Laura
Go Home
2016
as Nada
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016
as Self
Sophie's Misfortunes
2016
as Madame de Réan
Finding Altamira
2016
as Conchita
Two Friends
2015
as Mona
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
as Self
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
as Nefertari
Eden
2014
as Yasmin
Rosewater
2014
as Maryam
My Sweet Pepper Land
2014
as Govend
The Revelations 2014
2014
Just Like a Woman
2013
as Mona
The Patience Stone
2013
as The woman
The Rule of Three
2012
as Marie
The Revelations 2012
2012
Chicken with Plums
2011
as Irâne
There Be Dragons
2011
as Leila
If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011
as Sibe
About Elly
2009
as Sepideh
Body of Lies
2008
as Aisha
The Wall
2008
as Setareh
There's Always a Woman in Between
2008
Shirin
2008
as Woman in audience
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
The Music Man
2007
as Hanieh
The Fish Fall in Love
2007
as Touka
Bab'Aziz
2006
as Nour
M for Mother
2006
as Sepideh
Half Moon
2006
as Niwemang
In the Name of the Father
2006
as Habibe
The Disgraced
2006
as Maryam
The Tear of the Cold
2004
as Ronak
Two Angels
2003
as Azar
Somewhere Else
2003
Boutique
2003
as Eti
Zamaneh
2002
as Zamaneh
Seven Acts
2000
The Pear Tree
1998
as M
Extraction 3
as Nik Khan
The Thing That Hurts
Alpha
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
La Vie d'une Femme