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Golshifteh Farahani
Golshifteh Farahani’s screen credits include Shansa in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Robbie in Matchbox the Movie.
Born July 10, 1983 Tehran, Iran3 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2026When She Hears the BellsLeilaUpcoming
- 2025Oh, What Happy Days!Actor
- 2025AlphaMother
- 2025William TellSuna
- 2024Reading Lolita in TehranAzar Nafisi
- 2024Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust242B (voice)
- 2024Sinjar, naissance des fantômesNarrator (voix)
- 2024Can Creativity Save the World?Self
- 2024Free to Create - Artists in ExileHerself
- 2023Hood WitchNour
- 2023Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian RevolutionSelf
- 2023Extraction 2Nik Khan
- 2023Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River PlateSelf
- 2022RomantiqueSalomé
- 2022My Father's DragonDela Elevator (voice)
- 2022Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos AiresSelf
- 2022Brother and SisterFaunia Vuillard
- 2021Cocorica(voice)
- 2020ExtractionNik Khan
- 2020Arab BluesSelma
- 2019Blind SpotElham
- 2019The Song of ScorpionsNooran
- 2019The UpsideMaggie
- 2018The Night Eats the WorldSarah
- 2018Girls of the SunBahar
- 2017Christmas & Co.Amélie
- 2017ShelterLina/Mona
- 2017Behrouz: A Legend on ScreenSelf
- 2016PatersonLaura
- 2016Go HomeNada
- 2016Mehrjui: The Forty-Year ReportSelf
- 2016Sophie's MisfortunesMadame de Réan
- 2016Finding AltamiraConchita
- 2015Two FriendsMona
- 2015Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'Self
- 2014Exodus: Gods and KingsNefertari
- 2014EdenYasmin
- 2014RosewaterMaryam
- 2014My Sweet Pepper LandGovend
- 2013Just Like a WomanMona
- 2013The Patience StoneThe woman
- 2012Rule of ThreeMarie
- 2011Chicken with PlumsIrâne
- 2011There Be DragonsLeila
- 2011If You Die, I'll Kill YouSibe
- 2009About EllySepideh
- 2009ShirinActor
- 2008Body of LiesAisha
- 2008The WallSetareh
- 2008There's Always a Woman in BetweenActor
- 2007To Each His Own CinemaWoman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
- 2007The Music ManHanieh
- 2007The Fish Fall in LoveTouka
- 2006Bab'AzizNour
- 2006M for MotherSepideh
- 2006Half MoonNiwemang
- 2006In the Name of the FatherHabibe
- 2006The DisgracedMaryam
- 2004The Tear of the ColdRonak
- 2003Two AngelsAzar
- 2003Somewhere ElseActor
- 2003BoutiqueEti
- 2002ZamanehZamaneh
- 2000Seven ActsActor
- 1998The Pear TreeM
- Conference of the BirdsActor
- Dog my Cats!(voice)
- Extraction 3Nik Khan
- The Thing That HurtsActor
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