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. 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.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Shansa
Extraction 2
as Nik Khan
Extraction
as Nik Khan
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nefertari
Alpha
as Mother
The Upside
as Maggie
Matchbox
as Robbie
William Tell
as Suna
Body of Lies
as Aisha
Extraction 3
as Nik Khan
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
Paterson
as Laura
Reading Lolita in Tehran
as Azar Nafisi
The Night Eats the World
as Sarah
Brother and Sister
as Faunia Vuillard
The Patience Stone
as The woman
Christmas & Co.
as Amélie
Eden
as Yasmin
About Elly
as Sepideh
My Father's Dragon
as Dela Elevator (voice)
Finding Altamira
as Conchita
Hood Witch
as Nour
There Be Dragons
as Leila
Two Friends
as Mona
Arab Blues
as Selma
Chicken with Plums
as Irâne
Can Creativity Save the World?
as Self
Shelter
as Lina/Mona
Bab'Aziz
as Nour
Girls of the Sun
as Bahar
Rosewater
as Maryam
Just Like a Woman
as Mona
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as 242B (voice)
Oh, What Happy Days!
Shirin
Dog my Cats!
as (voice)
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
as Self
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
as Self
The Song of Scorpions
as Nooran
Sophie's Misfortunes
as Madame de Réan
The Pear Tree
as M
My Sweet Pepper Land
as Govend
The Thing That Hurts
Half Moon
as Niwemang
The Music Man
as Hanieh
There's Always a Woman in Between
The Fish Fall in Love
as Touka
The Tear of the Cold
as Ronak
Blind Spot
as Elham
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
as Herself
If You Die, I'll Kill You
as Sibe
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
as Self
Romantique
as Salomé
In the Name of the Father
as Habibe
M for Mother
as Sepideh
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
as Self
Zamaneh
as Zamaneh
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
as Self
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
as Self
Somewhere Else
Cocorica
as (voice)
Two Angels
as Azar
The Wall
as Setareh
Boutique
as Eti
Conference of the Birds
Seven Acts
Un peu avant minuit
Go Home
as Nada
Rule of Three
as Marie
Les Clochettes de Kaboul
as Leila
The Disgraced
as Maryam
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
as Narrator (voix)