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گلشیفته فراهانی

گلشیفته فراهانی

Acting1983Tehran, Iran

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.

Acting History

2026
Matchbox
as Robbie
Cérémonie des César
TVas Self - Presenter1 eps
2025
Alpha
as Maman
Super Plan
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2024
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
C ce soir, le débat
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
Beau geste
TVas Self2 eps
2021
Cocorica
as (voice)
Invasion
TVas Aneesha Malik30 eps
Surge
TVas Nora5 eps
2020
Arab Blues
as Selma
Extraction
as Nik Khan
2019
2016
2014
Eden
as Yasmin
Rosewater
as Maryam
2012
2009
2007
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
The Music Man
as Hanieh
2006
Half Moon
as Niwemang
M for Mother
as Sepideh
Bab'Aziz
as Nour
The Disgraced
as Maryam
2002
Zamaneh
as Zamaneh

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/10/1983(42 years old)
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran