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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	William Tell (2025)	Suna	-	-
2	Hood Witch (2023)	Nour		7
3	Extraction 2 (2023)	Nik Khan		7.4
4	My Father's Dragon (2022)	Dela Elevator (voice)	-	-
5	Extraction (2020) Top movies in 2020	Nik Khan		6.8
6	Arab Blues (2020)	Selma	-	-
7	The Upside (2019)	Maggie		6.9
8	The Song of Scorpions (2019)	Nooran		1
9	Blind Spot (2019)	Elham	-	-
10	Girls of the Sun (2018)	Bahar	-	-
11	The Night Eats the World (2018)	Sarah		6.2
12	Shelter (2017)	Lina/Mona	-	-
13	Christmas & Co. (2017)	Amélie		7
14	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)	Shansa		6.8
15	Paterson (2016)	Laura		7.1
16	Finding Altamira (2016)	Conchita		7.3
17	Sophie's Misfortunes (2016)	Madame de Réan	-	-
18	Go Home (2016)	Nada	-	-
19	Two Friends (2015)	Mona		6.5
20	Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015)	Self		6
21	Rosewater (2014)	Maryam		6.5
22	Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)	Nefertari		5.9
23	My Sweet Pepper Land (2014)	Govend	-	-
24	Eden (2014)	Yasmin		2.5
25	Just Like a Woman (2013)	Mona	-	-
26	The Patience Stone (2013)	The woman	-	-
27	If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)	Sibe	-	-
28	Chicken with Plums (2011)	Irâne		8
29	There Be Dragons (2011)	Leila		6
30	Shirin (2009)	-		1
31	About Elly (2009)	Sepideh		7
32	Body of Lies (2008)	Aisha		6.6
33	To Each His Own Cinema (2007)	Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)	-	-
34	The Music Man (2007)	Hanieh		6.7
35	Bab'Aziz (2006)	Nour		5
36	Boutique (2003)	Eti		2
37	Two Angels (2003)	Azar	-	-
38	The Pear Tree (1998)	M		6