Cast
Golshifteh Farahani
Acting
Cast
Golshifteh Farahani
Known for
Acting
Born
1983-07-10
From
Tehran, Iran
Also known as Rahavard Farahani, Golshifte Farahani, რაჰავარდ ფარაჰანი
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.
★6.7
MOVIE2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Shansa
★7.4
MOVIE2023
Extraction 2
as Nik Khan
★5.9
MOVIE2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nefertari
MOVIETBA
Extraction 3
as Nik Khan
★7.3
MOVIE2020
Extraction
as Nik Khan
★6.2
MOVIE2025
Alpha
as Mother
★6.6
MOVIE2008
Body of Lies
as Aisha
★6.2
MOVIE2025
William Tell
as Suna
MOVIE2026
Matchbox
as Robbie
★7.1
MOVIE2019
The Upside
as Maggie
★6.8
MOVIE2007
The Music Man
as Hanieh
★7.1
MOVIE2016
Paterson
as Laura
★6.0
MOVIE2007
The Fish Fall in Love
as Touka
★7.3
MOVIE2024
Reading Lolita in Tehran
as Azar Nafisi
★5.8
MOVIE2014
Eden
as Yasmin
★6.1
MOVIE2018
The Night Eats the World
as Sarah
★7.0
MOVIE2022
My Father's Dragon
as Dela Elevator (voice)
★4.9
MOVIE2022
Brother and Sister
as Faunia Vuillard
★7.5
MOVIE2009
About Elly
as Sepideh
MOVIETBA
The Thing That Hurts
★6.3
MOVIE2017
Christmas & Co.
as Amélie
★7.0
MOVIE2018
Girls of the Sun
as Bahar
★7.0
MOVIE2011
Chicken with Plums
as Irâne
★5.8
MOVIE2016
Finding Altamira
as Conchita
★5.1
MOVIE2011
There Be Dragons
as Leila
★10.0
MOVIE2003
Two Angels
as Azar
★7.0
MOVIE2014
My Sweet Pepper Land
as Govend
★8.0
MOVIE2019
The Song of Scorpions
as Nooran
MOVIE2026
Un peu avant minuit
as Tina
★6.1
MOVIE2020
Arab Blues
as Selma
★7.0
MOVIE2013
The Patience Stone
as The woman
MOVIE2017
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2014
Rosewater
as Maryam
★6.5
MOVIE2007
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
★4.8
MOVIE2016
Sophie's Misfortunes
as Madame de Réan
MOVIE2021
Cocorica
as (voice)
★5.6
MOVIE2013
Just Like a Woman
as Mona
★5.8
MOVIE2015
Two Friends
as Mona
★6.0
MOVIE2023
Hood Witch
as Nour
★6.2
MOVIE2009
Shirin
★6.2
MOVIE2011
If You Die, I'll Kill You
as Sibe
★9.0
MOVIE2024
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
as Narrator (voix)
★7.3
MOVIE2006
Bab'Aziz
as Nour
★5.0
MOVIE2022
Romantique
as Salomé
★5.3
MOVIE2017
Shelter
as Lina/Mona
MOVIE2025
Oh, What Happy Days!
MOVIETBA
Conference of the Birds
★5.8
MOVIE2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2019
Blind Spot
as Elham
★5.7
MOVIE2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as 242B (voice)
MOVIE2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self
MOVIE2004
The Tear of the Cold
as Ronak
MOVIE2016
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1998
The Pear Tree
as M
★8.8
MOVIE2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
as Self
★7.9
MOVIE2006
M for Mother
as Sepideh
★5.5
MOVIE2000
Seven Acts
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Rule of Three
as Marie
MOVIETBA
Dog my Cats!
as (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2006
Half Moon Arabic
as Niwemang
★5.6
MOVIE2006
In the Name of the Father
as Habibe
MOVIE2008
The Wall
as Setareh
★8.7
MOVIE2023
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2003
Boutique
as Eti
★8.5
MOVIE2023
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2024
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
as Herself
★5.1
MOVIE2016
Go Home
as Nada
MOVIETBA
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
as Leila
MOVIE2003
Somewhere Else
★3.0
MOVIE2002
Zamaneh
as Zamaneh
MOVIE2006
The Disgraced
as Maryam
★3.3
MOVIE2008