Golshifteh Farahani

Born: 1983-07-10

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 Asgha222 r 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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as Nik Khan
Released: 2023-06-09

Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake...

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as Nik Khan
Released: 2020-04-24

Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a...

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

as Shansa
Released: 2017-05-23

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of...

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Exodus: Gods and Kings

as Nefertari
Released: 2014-12-03

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on...

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as Aisha
Released: 2008-10-09

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the...

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The Upside

as Maggie
Released: 2019-01-10

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine...

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Paterson

as Laura
Released: 2016-11-17

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist,...

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My Father's Dragon

as Dela Elevator (voice)
Released: 2022-11-04

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild...

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Can Creativity Save the World?

as Herself
Released: 2024-04-18

The final part of the Creativity Trilogy explores existential threats our world is facing. An...

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To Each His Own Cinema

as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)
Released: 2007-10-31

A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.

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Christmas & Co.

as Amélie
Released: 2017-12-06

Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing...

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as Sarah
Released: 2018-03-07

After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held...

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About Elly

as Sepideh
Released: 2009-06-06

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is...

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Eden

as Yasmin
Released: 2014-11-19

Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with...

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Rosewater

as Maryam
Released: 2014-11-07

In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for...

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Two Friends

as Mona
Released: 2015-09-23

Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément...

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The Patience Stone

as The woman
Released: 2013-02-20

In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a...

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Extraction 3

as Nik Khan
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Bab'Aziz

as Nour
Released: 2006-11-15

The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together...

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Finding Altamira

as Conchita
Released: 2016-04-01

The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first...

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Chicken with Plums

as Irâne
Released: 2011-10-26

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his...

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Girls of the Sun

as Bahar
Released: 2018-02-14

Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of...

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Brother and Sister

as Faunia Vuillard
Released: 2022-05-20

Alice and Louis are brother and sister. She is an actress; he was a teacher and poet. For more...

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There Be Dragons

as Leila
Released: 2011-03-25

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated...

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Sophie's Misfortunes

as Madame de Réan
Released: 2016-04-20

Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends...

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Arab Blues

as Selma
Released: 2020-02-12

Selma, a psychoanalyst, deals with a cast of colorful new patients after returning home to...

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Blind Spot

as Elham
Released: 2019-10-16

Dominick Brassan has the power to turn invisible, but rarely uses it. Instead he has kept it a...

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Hood Witch

as Nour
Released: 2024-05-15

Nour makes a living from smuggling exotic animals and illicit products (birds of prey, venom,...

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My Sweet Pepper Land

as Govend
Released: 2014-04-09

Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.

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The Song of Scorpions

as Nooran
Released: 2019-09-19

While Nooran, learns the ancient art of healing with music from her mother, Aadam a camel trader...

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Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

as Self
Released: 2015-03-17

An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings," featuring...

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Just Like a Woman

as Mona
Released: 2013-03-07

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a...

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Shirin

as Woman in audience
Released: 2008-01-20

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute...

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Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

as 242B (voice)
Released: 2024-01-20

In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve...

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Shelter

as Lina/Mona
Released: 2017-10-19

Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent, is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant...

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Half Moon

as Niwemang
Released: 2006-08-21

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in...

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Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires

as Self
Released: 2022-10-28

Experience the stunning spectacle of Coldplay’s record-breaking Music Of The Spheres world tour...

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The Revelations 2012

as uncredited
Released: 2012-01-12

The Révélations 2012 project was created to highlight 31 young actors and actresses, under the...

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There's Always a Woman in Between

as uncredited
Released: 2008-01-01

A couple who had a romantic marriage and life now are about to get divorce but meanwhile many...

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If You Die, I'll Kill You

as Sibe
Released: 2011-03-23

In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison,...

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The Revelations 2014

as uncredited
Released: 2014-01-08

Every year since 2007, the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques highlights thirty-two young...

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The Disgraced

as Maryam
Released: 2006-06-01

Mariam is a young girl growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Although she is quite...

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The Music Man

as Hanieh
Released: 2007-04-01

Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned...

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Reading Lolita in Tehran

as Azar Nafisi
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As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of...

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In the Name of the Father

as Habibe
Released: 2006-07-08

This is about a father and his daughter who has been injured from the mines from Iran-Iraq war.

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Romantique

as Salomé
Released: 2022-11-16

After disappearing overnight, a man reappears and discovers that he is the father of a little...

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Go Home

as Nada
Released: 2016-10-12

Nada is going home. Or at least she wants to. When she comes back to Lebanon, she realizes she's...

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The Pear Tree

as M
Released: 1998-10-18

A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.

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Boutique

as Eti
Released: 2003-08-23

A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and...

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Two Angels

as Azar
Released: 2003-11-19

In a small religious town in Iran, Ali After a fight with his father, escapes to the desert...

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Somewhere Else

as uncredited
Released: 2003-10-22

Five characters are stuck on an island, from where they hope to escape to "somewhere else", the...

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The Fish Fall in Love

as Touka
Released: 2006-01-01

After 22 years, Aziz decides to return to his hometown, to sell some family possessions,...

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Zamaneh

as Zamaneh
Released: 2002-01-01

Zamane and Saeid are neighbors. Despite their own arrangements to get married, their families...

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COCORICA

as uncredited
Released: 2021-12-09

Frida, a young hen, wants to be a singer. However, her village is directed by strong rules: only...

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M for Mother

as Sepideh
Released: 2006-10-24

What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn...

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The Tear of the Cold

as Ronak
Released: 2004-01-01

During the Iran-Iraq war,a soldier and a Kurdish girl come to a new understanding of the notion...

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The Rule of Three

as Marie
Released: 2012-06-08

Louis takes care of Vincent but expects that Marie manage it alone. The three of them spend an...

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Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

as Self
Released: 2016-07-04

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush...

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Where Is My Romeo?

as uncredited
Released: 2007-05-17

Various Iranian women, including Golshifteh Farahani, Hamideh Kheirabadi, and Pegah Ahangarani,...

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Seven Acts

as uncredited
Released: 2000-01-01

Four young men come together to solve their financial Problems.

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The Wall

as Setareh
Released: 2008-07-22

For the young and fearless Setareh, there are no walls or boundaries she cannot overcome....

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Invasion

as Aneesha Malik
First aired: 2021-10-21

Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real...

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Beau geste

as Self
First aired: 2023-01-22

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Surge

as Nora
First aired: 2021-11-01

Nora is a night driver for a ride sharing company. Addicted to amphetamines, her life is falling...

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