Golshifteh Farahani
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
Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Shansa
2017
Movie
Extraction
as Nik Khan
2020
Movie
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nefertari
2014
Movie
Body of Lies
as Aisha
2008
Movie
Extraction 2
as Nik Khan
2023
Movie
Paterson
as Laura
2016
Movie
The Upside
as Maggie
2019
TV
Invasion
as Aneesha Malik
2021
Movie
The Night Eats the World
as Sarah
2018
Movie
Christmas & Co.
as Amélie
2017
Movie
About Elly
as Sepideh
2009
Movie
William Tell
as Suna
2025
Movie
Arab Blues
as Selma
2020
Movie
Rosewater
as Maryam
2014
Movie
Chicken with Plums
as Irâne
2011
Movie
To Each His Own Cinema
as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
2007
Movie
Eden
as Yasmin
2014
Movie
There Be Dragons
as Leila
2011
Movie
Finding Altamira
as Conchita
2016
Movie
Two Friends
as Mona
2015
Movie
Brother and Sister
as Faunia Vuillard
2022
Movie
Alpha
as Mother
2025
Movie
My Father's Dragon
as Dela Elevator (voice)
2022
Movie
The Patience Stone
as The woman
2013