Golshifteh Farahani
Acting
Born 1983-07-10
Tehran, Iran
80 credits
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1
Knight of the National Order of Merit 1
Awards
Won 1 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Award
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 won
- — Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Won
Knight of the National Order of Merit 1 won
- 2021 Knight of the National Order of Merit Won
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Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی) was born on 10th July 1983 and is an international Iranian actress. 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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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Invasion
Extraction 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Beau geste
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Extraction
Cérémonie des César
The Upside
Matchbox: The Movie
Body of Lies
William Tell
Super Plan
C ce soir, le débat
Alpha
Paterson
My Father's Dragon
Christmas & Co.
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Extraction 3
The Night Eats the World
Can Creativity Save the World?
Brother and Sister
Eden
About Elly
The Music Man
Chicken with Plums
The Fish Fall in Love
Finding Altamira
To Each His Own Cinema
There Be Dragons
Rosewater
The Patience Stone
Girls of the Sun
Arab Blues
Two Friends
Two Angels
Bab'Aziz
Surge
Romantique
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Hood Witch
Cocorica
My Sweet Pepper Land
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Un peu avant minuit
Just Like a Woman
Sophie's Misfortunes
Shelter
Half Moon
The Pear Tree
Chandshanbeh Ba Sina
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
Blind Spot
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Other credits
2 credits
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