Actor · Voice Actor
Golshifteh Farahani
Also known as: Rahavard Farahani · Golshifte Farahani
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.
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Filmography
20 creditsCan Creativity Save the World?
as Self
Reading Lolita in Tehran
as Azar Nafisi
Extraction 2
as Nik Khan
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
as Self
My Father's Dragon
as Dela Elevator (voice)
Brother and Sister
as Faunia Vuillard
Romantique
as Salomé
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nefertari
My Sweet Pepper Land
as Govend
The Patience Stone
as The woman
Just Like a Woman
as Mona
Rule of Three
as Marie
There Be Dragons
as Leila
Chicken with Plums
as Irâne
About Elly
as Sepideh
Body of Lies
as Aisha
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
The Music Man
as Hanieh
Half Moon
as Niwemang
The Pear Tree
as M