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Golshifteh Farahani
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.
As actor
Un peu avant minuit
Matchbox
William Tell
Alpha
Oh, What Happy Days!
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Can Creativity Save the World?
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Extraction 2
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Hood Witch
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Romantique
Brother and Sister
My Father's Dragon
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Cocorica
Arab Blues
Extraction
The Upside
The Song of Scorpions
Blind Spot
The Night Eats the World
Girls of the Sun
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Christmas & Co.
Shelter
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen