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Golshifteh Farahani
Tehran, Iran
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.…
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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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2026
One Minute to Midnight
Movie Tina
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2026
Matchbox the Movie
Movie Robbie
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2025
Oh, What Happy Days!
Movie
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2025
Super Plan
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Alpha
Movie Mother
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2025
William Tell
Movie Suna
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2024
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Movie Azar Nafisi
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2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Movie 242B (voice)
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2024
Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
Movie Narrator (voix)
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2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
Movie Self
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2024
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Movie Herself
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2023
Hood Witch
Movie Nour
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2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
Movie Self
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2023
Extraction 2
Movie Nik Khan
- 2023
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2023
Beau geste
TV show Self
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2022
Romantique
Movie Salomé
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2022
My Father's Dragon
Movie Dela Elevator (voice)
- 2022
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2022
Brother and Sister
Movie Faunia Vuillard
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2021
Cocorica
Movie (voice)
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2021
Surge
TV show Nora
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2021
Invasion
TV show Aneesha Malik
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2021
C ce soir
TV show Self - Guest
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2020
Extraction
Movie Nik Khan
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2020
Arab Blues
Movie Selma
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2019
Blind Spot
Movie Elham
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2019
The Song of Scorpions
Movie Nooran
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2019
The Upside
Movie Maggie
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2018
The Night Eats the World
Movie Sarah
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2018
Girls of the Sun
Movie Bahar
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2017
Christmas & Co.
Movie Amélie
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2017
Shelter
Movie Lina/Mona
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2017
Behrouz: A Legend on Screen
Movie Self
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2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Movie Shansa
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2016
Paterson
Movie Laura
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2016
Go Home
Movie Nada
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2016
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
Movie Self
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2016
Sophie's Misfortunes
Movie Madame de Réan
