Golshifteh Farahani

Actor Jul 10 (age 42) Tehran, Iran 1998–2026 (28 year career)

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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 Ab…

Known For

Film

Extraction

Nik Khan

Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Shansa

Film

Extraction 2

Nik Khan

Film

Paterson

Laura

Film

Body of Lies

Aisha

Film

The Upside

Maggie

Film

Invasion

Aneesha Malik

Film

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Nefertari

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (72)

Matchbox

2026 Upcoming

as Robbie

Oct 8

Alpha

as Maman

William Tell

as Suna

Oh, What Happy Days!

Reading Lolita in Tehran

2024

as Azar Nafisi

7.2

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

2024

as 242B (voice)

5.8

Can Creativity Save the World?

2024

as Self

Sinjar, naissance des fantômes

2024

as Narrator (voix)

9.0

Free to Create - Artists in Exile

as Herself

Extraction 2

as Nik Khan

Hood Witch

as Nour

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate

2023

as Self

8.0

Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution

2023

as Self

8.5

My Father's Dragon

2022

as Dela Elevator (voice)

Brother and Sister

as Faunia Vuillard

Romantique

as Salomé

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires

2022

as Self

8.8

Cocorica

2021

as (voice)

Extraction

as Nik Khan

Arab Blues

as Selma

The Upside

as Maggie

Blind Spot

as Elham

The Song of Scorpions

2019

as Nooran

8.0

The Night Eats the World

as Sarah

Girls of the Sun

as Bahar

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

as Shansa

Christmas & Co.

as Amélie

Behrouz: A Legend on Screen

2017

as Self

Shelter

as Lina/Mona

Paterson

as Laura

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

2016

as Self

Sophie's Misfortunes

as Madame de Réan

Finding Altamira

as Conchita

Go Home

as Nada

Two Friends

as Mona

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

2015

as Self

5.8

Exodus: Gods and Kings

as Nefertari

Eden

as Yasmin

Rosewater

as Maryam

My Sweet Pepper Land

as Govend

The Patience Stone

as The woman

Just Like a Woman

as Mona

The Rule of Three

as Marie

Chicken with Plums

as Irâne

There Be Dragons

as Leila

If You Die, I'll Kill You

as Sibe

About Elly

as Sepideh

Shirin

Body of Lies

as Aisha

There's Always a Woman in Between

2008

3.3

The Wall

2008

as Setareh

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)

6.5

The Fish Fall in Love

as Touka

The Music Man

as Hanieh

The Disgraced

as Maryam

Bab'Aziz

as Nour

M for Mother

as Sepideh

In the Name of the Father

as Habibe

Half Moon

as Niwemang

The Tear of the Cold

as Ronak

Boutique

as Eti

Somewhere Else

Two Angels

as Azar

Zamaneh

as Zamaneh

Seven Acts

The Pear Tree

as M

Extraction 3

as Nik Khan

Dog my Cats!

as (voice)

Un peu avant minuit

Conference of the Birds

The Thing That Hurts

Les Clochettes de Kaboul

as Leila

Television (7)

Super Plan

2025

as Self - Guest

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

2023

as Self - Guest

Beau geste

as Self

Invasion

as Aneesha Malik

C ce soir, le débat

as Self - Guest

Surge

as Nora

Cérémonie des César

as Self - Presenter