
Golshifteh Farahani
Born: 1983-07-10
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
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.
Known For

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Extraction 2

Extraction

William Tell

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Alpha

The Upside

Body of Lies

Go Home

Christmas & Co.

Finding Altamira

Shelter

Rosewater

Eden

Hood Witch

Paterson

About Elly

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Brother and Sister

Two Angels

Arab Blues

The Night Eats the World

There Be Dragons

Blind Spot

The Patience Stone

My Father's Dragon

Two Friends

Shirin

To Each His Own Cinema

Chicken with Plums

Dog my Cats!

Girls of the Sun

Cocorica

The Rule of Three

The Music Man

My Sweet Pepper Land

Romantique

Bab'Aziz

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Sophie's Misfortunes

Behrouz: A Legend on Screen

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

In the Name of the Father

The Fish Fall in Love

Just Like a Woman

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

The Pear Tree

Somewhere Else

There's Always a Woman in Between

If You Die, I'll Kill You

Zamaneh

Sinjar, naissance des fantômes

Half Moon

Seven Acts

M for Mother

Boutique

The Song of Scorpions

Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution

Oh, What Happy Days!

The Disgraced

Can Creativity Save the World?

The Tear of the Cold

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
