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Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Birthday: 1983-07-10 | Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran

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 played in Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver, in the last Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) and in the French movie Santa & Cie (2017).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
My Father's Dragon

as    Dela Elevator (voice)

2022
Brother and Sister

as    Faunia Vuillard

2021
Invasion

as    Aneesha Malik

2021
Surge

as    Nora

2020
Extraction

as    Nik Khan

2020
Arab Blues

as    Selma

2019
Blind Spot

as    Elham

2019
The Upside

as    Maggie

2019
The Song of Scorpions

as    Nooran

2018
Girls of the Sun

as    Bahar

2018
The Night Eats the World

as    Sarah

2017
Christmas & Co.

as    Amélie

2017
Shelter

as    Lina/Mona

2016
Finding Altamira

as    Conchita

2016
Paterson

as    Laura

2014
My Sweet Pepper Land

as    Govend

2014
Rosewater

as    Maryam

2013
Just Like a Woman

as    Mona

2013
The Patience Stone

as    The woman

2011
Chicken with Plums

as    Irâne

2009
About Elly

as    Sepideh

2008
Body of Lies

as    Aisha

2008
Shirin

as    Woman in audience

2006
Half Moon

as    Niwemang