Acting
Golshifteh 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.
Filmography
When She Hears the Bells
Film · 2026
One Minute to Midnight
Film · 2026
Matchbox the Movie
Film · 2026
William Tell
Film · 2025
Alpha
Film · 2025
Oh, What Happy Days!
Film · 2025
Super Plan
Series · 2025
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Film · 2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Film · 2024
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Film · 2024
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Film · 2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Film · 2024
Extraction 2
Film · 2023
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Film · 2023
Hood Witch
Film · 2023
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Film · 2023
Beau geste
Series · 2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Series · 2023
Romantique
Film · 2022
Brother and Sister
Film · 2022
My Father's Dragon
Film · 2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Film · 2022
Cocorica
Film · 2021
Invasion
Series · 2021
Surge
Series · 2021
C ce soir
Series · 2021
Arab Blues
Film · 2020
Extraction
Film · 2020
The Upside
Film · 2019
The Song of Scorpions
Film · 2019
Blind Spot
Film · 2019
The Night Eats the World
Film · 2018
Girls of the Sun
Film · 2018
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Film · 2017
Christmas & Co.
Film · 2017
Shelter
Film · 2017
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
Film · 2017
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Film · 2016
Finding Altamira
Film · 2016
Sophie's Misfortunes
Film · 2016
Paterson
Film · 2016
Go Home
Film · 2016
Two Friends
Film · 2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Film · 2015
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Film · 2014
My Sweet Pepper Land
Film · 2014
Rosewater
Film · 2014
Eden
Film · 2014
Just Like a Woman
Film · 2013
The Patience Stone
Film · 2013
Rule of Three
Film · 2012
There Be Dragons
Film · 2011
Chicken with Plums
Film · 2011
If You Die, I'll Kill You
Film · 2011
About Elly
Film · 2009
Shirin
Film · 2009
Body of Lies
Film · 2008
There's Always a Woman in Between
Film · 2008
The Wall
Film · 2008
To Each His Own Cinema
Film · 2007
The Music Man
Film · 2007
The Fish Fall in Love
Film · 2007
Half Moon
Film · 2006
M for Mother
Film · 2006
Bab'Aziz
Film · 2006
In the Name of the Father
Film · 2006
The Disgraced
Film · 2006
The Tear of the Cold
Film · 2004
Two Angels
Film · 2003
Boutique
Film · 2003
Somewhere Else
Film · 2003
Zamaneh
Film · 2002
Seven Acts
Film · 2000
The Pear Tree
Film · 1998
Cérémonie des César
Series · 1976
The Thing That Hurts
Film
Conference of the Birds
Film
Dog my Cats!
Film
Extraction 3
Film
Chandshanbeh Ba Sina
Series