Golshifteh Farahani
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 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 played in Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver, in the last Pirates of the Caribbean (2017) and in the French movie Santa & Cie (2017).

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
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Movie pageExodus: Gods and Kings
as NefertariThe defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on...
Movie pageThe Upside
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Movie pageTo Each His Own Cinema
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Movie pagePaterson
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Movie pageMy Father's Dragon
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Movie pageThere Be Dragons
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Movie pageAbout Elly
as SepidehThe mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is...
Movie pageChristmas & Co.
as AmélieChristmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing...
Movie pageEden
as YasminPaul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with...
Movie pageWilliam Tell
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Movie pageChicken with Plums
as IrâneSince his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his...
Movie pageFinding Altamira
as ConchitaThe story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first...
Movie pageArab Blues
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Movie pageThe Patience Stone
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Movie pageRosewater
as MaryamIn 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for...
Movie pageTwo Friends
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Movie pageSophie's Misfortunes
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Movie pageGirls of the Sun
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Movie pageBrother and Sister
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Movie pageMy Sweet Pepper Land
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Movie pageSchirkoa: In Lies We Trust
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Movie pageHood Witch
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Movie pageRomantique
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Movie pageReading Lolita in Tehran
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Movie pageColdplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
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Movie pageJust Like a Woman
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Movie pageBab'Aziz
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Movie pageShelter
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Movie pageShirin
as Woman in audienceA hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute...
Movie pageHalf Moon
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Movie pageColdplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
as SelfFilmed during Coldplay’s sold out, ten night run at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium, this...
Movie pageKeepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
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Movie pageWoman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
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Movie pageIf You Die, I'll Kill You
as SibeIn Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison,...
Movie pageThe Music Man
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Movie pageBlind Spot
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Movie pageBoutique
as EtiA clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and...
Movie pageGo Home
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Movie pageThe Song of Scorpions
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Movie pageThe Pear Tree
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Movie pageM for Mother
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Movie pageCan Creativity Save the World?
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Movie pageCocorica
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Movie pageZamaneh
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Movie pageSeven Acts
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Movie pageThe Rule of Three
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Movie pageIn the Name of the Father
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Movie pageThe Disgraced
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Movie pageSomewhere Else
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Movie pageThere's Always a Woman in Between
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Movie pageThe Wall
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Movie pageThe Tear of the Cold
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Movie pageTwo Angels
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Movie pageInvasion
as Aneesha MalikEarth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real...
TV Show pageSurge
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