Actor

Golshifteh Farahani

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Acting credits

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Very extensive acting filmography.

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4.1

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Movies: 69Series: 7

TMDB ID: 229932

IMDb ID: nm0267042

Known for: Acting

Born: July 10, 1983

Age: 43

Place of birth: Tehran, Iran

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1976 - 2026

Years active: 51

Average TMDB rating: 6.38

Wikidata: Q464712

Also known as

Rahavard Farahani • Golshifte Farahani • რაჰავარდ ფარაჰანი

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Biography

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.