Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani (41)

1983-07-10 | Tehran, Iran

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 played in Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver, in the last Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) and in the French movie Santa & Cie (2017).

Upcoming Films

On Movies

  • William Tell
  • Reading Lolita in Tehran
  • Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
  • Hood Witch
  • Extraction 2
  • Romantique
  • My Father's Dragon
  • Brother and Sister
  • Cocorica
  • Extraction
  • Arab Blues
  • Blind Spot
  • The Song of Scorpions
  • The Upside
  • The Night Eats the World
  • Girls of the Sun
  • Christmas & Co.
  • Shelter
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Paterson
  • Go Home
  • Sophie's Misfortunes
  • Finding Altamira
  • Two Friends
  • Exodus: Gods and Kings
  • Eden
  • Rosewater
  • My Sweet Pepper Land
  • Just Like a Woman
  • The Patience Stone
  • The Rule of Three
  • Chicken with Plums
  • There Be Dragons
  • If You Die, I'll Kill You
  • About Elly
  • Shirin
  • Body of Lies
  • The Wall
  • There's Always a Woman in Between
  • To Each His Own Cinema
  • The Music Man
  • The Fish Fall in Love
  • Bab'Aziz
  • M for Mother
  • Half Moon
  • In the Name of the Father
  • The Disgraced
  • The Tear of the Cold
  • Two Angels
  • Somewhere Else
  • Boutique
  • Zamaneh
  • Seven Acts
  • The Pear Tree

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