Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1983-07-10 (Age: 43)
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
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 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.
Filmography (66)
Matchbox
2026
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
Alpha
2025
William Tell
2025
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
2024Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024
Hood Witch
2023
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
2023
Extraction 2
2023
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
2023
Romantique
2022
