Golshifteh Farahani
Known for: Acting
Born: July 10, 1983
Place of birth: Tehran, Iran
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
72 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
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A Bit Before Midnight
2026
NR
Matchbox: The Movie
2026
NR
Oh, What Happy Days!
2025
NR
Super Plan
2025
6.2
Alpha
2025
6.2
William Tell
2025
7.3
Reading Lolita in Tehran
2024
5.7
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
9.0
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
2024
NR
Can Creativity Save the World?
20247.0
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024
6.0
Hood Witch
2023
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Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
7.9
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
2023
7.4
Extraction 2
2023
8.3
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
2023
1.0
Beau geste
2023
5.0
Romantique
2022
7.0
My Father's Dragon
2022
8.7
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
2022
4.9
Brother and Sister
2022
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Cocorica
2021
7.5
Surge
2021
7.1
Invasion
2021
2.0
C ce soir, le débat
2021
7.3
Extraction
2020
6.1
Arab Blues
2020
5.3
Blind Spot
2019
7.8
The Song of Scorpions
2019
7.1
The Upside
2019
6.0
The Night Eats the World
2018
7.0
Girls of the Sun
2018
6.3
Christmas & Co.
2017
5.3
Shelter
2017
NR
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
2017
6.7
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
7.1
Paterson
2016
5.1
Go Home
2016
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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
2016
4.9
Sophie's Misfortunes
2016
5.8
Finding Altamira
2016
5.8
Two Friends
2015
5.8
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
5.9
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
5.8
Eden
2014
6.4
Rosewater
2014
7.0
My Sweet Pepper Land
2014
5.5
Just Like a Woman
2013
7.0
The Patience Stone
2013
6.0
Rule of Three
2012
7.0
Chicken with Plums
2011
5.1
There Be Dragons
2011
6.2
If You Die, I'll Kill You
2011
7.5
About Elly
2009
6.2
Shirin
2009
6.6
Body of Lies
2008
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The Wall
2008
3.3
There's Always a Woman in Between
2008
6.4
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
6.9
The Music Man
2007
6.0
The Fish Fall in Love
2007
7.2
Bab'Aziz
2006
7.8
M for Mother
2006
6.4
Half Moon
2006
5.6
In the Name of the Father
2006
NR
The Disgraced
2006
NR
The Tear of the Cold
2004
10.0
Two Angels
2003
NR
Somewhere Else
2003
7.1
Boutique
2003
3.0
Zamaneh
2002
5.5
Seven Acts
2000
6.8
The Pear Tree
1998
4.6
Cérémonie des César
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The Thing That Hurts
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Les Clochettes de Kaboul
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Conference of the Birds
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Dog my Cats!
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Extraction 3
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Chandshanbeh Ba Sina
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