Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

1983-07-10 Tehran, Iran 68 Credits

Biography

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 Ab...

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Alpha

Alpha

2025

as Maman

Acting

Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.

William Tell

William Tell

2025

as Suna

6.0
Acting

The narrative unfolds in the 14th Century, when the European nations vie for supremacy within the Holy Roman Empire. The ambitious Austrian Empire, de...

Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

2024

as Azar Nafisi

7.4
Acting

As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, se...

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

2024

as 242B (voice)

6.0
Acting

In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a mythical...

Sinjar, naissance des fantômes

Sinjar, naissance des fantômes

2024

as Narrator (voix)

9.0
Acting
Hood Witch

Hood Witch

2024

as Nour

5.9
Acting

A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that links users with mystical marabout healers, but one...

Can Creativity Save the World?

Can Creativity Save the World?

2024

as Self

Acting

The final part of the Creativity Trilogy explores existential threats our world is facing. An inspiring film about imagination's power and a hopeful g...

Free to Create - Artists in Exile

2024

as Herself

7.0
Acting

Artists forced to leave their country talk about the ambivalence of exile. With Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, Sudanes...

Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution

Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution

2023

as Self

8.5
Acting

On September 16, 2022, in Teheran, the murder by police of the young Mahsa Amini, arrested for "wearing a headscarf contrary to the law", sparked off ...

Extraction 2

Extraction 2

2023

as Nik Khan

7.4
Acting

Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangst...

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate

2023

as Self

Acting

Filmed during Coldplay’s sold out, ten night run at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium, this spectacular concert film features remixed sound and stunni...

Romantique

Romantique

2022

as Salomé

4.9
Acting

After disappearing overnight, a man reappears and discovers that he is the father of a little girl. This time he will do his best.

My Father's Dragon

My Father's Dragon

2022

as Dela Elevator (voice)

7.1
Acting

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elme...

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

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

2022

as Self

8.7
Acting

Experience the stunning spectacle of Coldplay’s record-breaking Music Of The Spheres world tour at your local cinema with this spectacular worldwide l...

Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister

2022

as Faunia Vuillard

4.9
Acting

Alice and Louis are brother and sister. She is an actress; he was a teacher and poet. For more than 20 years, Alice has hated her brother. In all this...

Cocorica

Cocorica

2021

as (voice)

Acting

Frida, a young hen, wants to be a singer. However, her village is directed by strong rules: only chickens are allowed to sing, hens should be brood. I...

Extraction

Extraction

2020

as Nik Khan

7.3
Acting

A hardened gun-for-hire's latest mission becomes a soul-searching race to survive when he's sent into Bangladesh to rescue a drug lord's kidnapped son...

Arab Blues

Arab Blues

2020

as Selma

6.2
Acting

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

Blind Spot

Blind Spot

2019

as Elham

5.5
Acting

Dominick Brassan has the power to turn invisible, but rarely uses it. Instead he has kept it a shameful secret, hidden even from Viveka, his fiancée....

The Song of Scorpions

The Song of Scorpions

2019

as Nooran

8.0
Acting

While Nooran, learns the ancient art of healing with music from her mother, Aadam a camel trader listens to her sing and falls in love with her and th...

The Upside

The Upside

2019

as Maggie

7.1
Acting

Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a ...

The Night Eats the World

The Night Eats the World

2018

as Sarah

6.0
Acting

After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held the night before, Sam is immediately forced to face a t...

Girls of the Sun

Girls of the Sun

2018

as Bahar

7.0
Acting

Bahar, the commanding officer of the Daughters of the Sun, a battalion made up entirely of Kurdish female soldiers, is on the cusp of liberating their...

Christmas & Co.

Christmas & Co.

2017

as Amélie

6.3
Acting

Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough ...

Shelter

Shelter

2017

as Lina/Mona

5.5
Acting

Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent, is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. T...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017

as Shansa

6.7
Acting

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sa...

Paterson

Paterson

2016

as Laura

7.1
Acting

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famo...

Go Home

Go Home

2016

as Nada

5.1
Acting

Nada is going home. Or at least she wants to. When she comes back to Lebanon, she realizes she's a foreigner in her own country. But there's still a p...

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report

2016

as Self

Acting

Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report dives into the artistic world of Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. The film offers critical interpretations of his work...

Sophie's Misfortunes

Sophie's Misfortunes

2016

as Madame de Réan

4.8
Acting

Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her ow...

Finding Altamira

Finding Altamira

2016

as Conchita

5.8
Acting

The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic cave paintings at the now world famous Altamira c...

Two Friends

Two Friends

2015

as Mona

5.9
Acting

Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When ...

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

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

2015

as Self

6.0
Acting

An in-depth documentary on the making of Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods and Kings," featuring interviews with the cast and crew. Featured in the Deluxe ...

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

as Nefertari

5.9
Acting

The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its ter...

Eden

Eden

2014

as Yasmin

5.8
Acting

Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife ...

Rosewater

Rosewater

2014

as Maryam

6.5
Acting

In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country...

My Sweet Pepper Land

My Sweet Pepper Land

2014

as Govend

7.1
Acting

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

Just Like a Woman

Just Like a Woman

2013

as Mona

5.5
Acting

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, ...

The Patience Stone

The Patience Stone

2013

as The woman

7.1
Acting

In a war-ridden country, a woman watches over her husband, comatose from a bullet in the neck and abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day,...

The Rule of Three

The Rule of Three

2012

as Marie

6.0
Acting

Louis takes care of Vincent but expects that Marie manage it alone. The three of them spend an afternoon together and at the end of the day, they thin...

Chicken with Plums

Chicken with Plums

2011

as Irâne

7.0
Acting

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrumen...

There Be Dragons

There Be Dragons

2011

as Leila

5.0
Acting

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged fathe...

If You Die, I'll Kill You

If You Die, I'll Kill You

2011

as Sibe

6.0
Acting

In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track ...

About Elly

About Elly

2009

as Sepideh

7.4
Acting

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow tr...

Shirin

Shirin

2009

6.1
Acting

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Sh...

Body of Lies

Body of Lies

2008

as Aisha

6.6
Acting

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, sc...

The Wall

The Wall

2008

as Setareh

Acting

For the young and fearless Setareh, there are no walls or boundaries she cannot overcome. Determined to provide for her family, Setareh takes a job as...

There's Always a Woman in Between

There's Always a Woman in Between

2008

3.3
Acting

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

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as Woman in Cinema (segment: Where Is My Romeo?)

6.5
Acting

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

Where Is My Romeo?

Where Is My Romeo?

2007

Acting

Various Iranian women watch Romeo and Juliet and cry.

The Music Man

The Music Man

2007

as Hanieh

6.8
Acting

Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music b...

The Fish Fall in Love

The Fish Fall in Love

2007

as Touka

6.0
Acting

After 22 years, Aziz decides to return to his hometown, to sell some family possessions, including the house where he was born. But for his astonishme...

Bab'Aziz

Bab'Aziz

2006

as Nour

7.2
Acting

The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of de...

M for Mother

M for Mother

2006

as Sepideh

8.0
Acting

What appears to be a grand love story turns sour when parents-to-be discover that their unborn child will likely be born with serious birth defects, a...

Half Moon

Half Moon

2006

as Niwemang

6.4
Acting

Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a ...

In the Name of the Father

In the Name of the Father

2006

as Habibe

5.6
Acting

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

The Disgraced

The Disgraced

2006

as Maryam

Acting

Mariam is a young girl growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Although she is quite innocent, her conservative father keeps thinking that she has...

The Tear of the Cold

The Tear of the Cold

2004

as Ronak

Acting

During the Iran-Iraq war,a soldier and a Kurdish girl come to a new understanding of the notion of animosity despite their supposedly opposite circums...

Two Angels

Two Angels

2003

as Azar

Acting

In a small religious town in Iran, Ali After a fight with his father, escapes to the desert where he hears music for the first time in his life: a she...

Somewhere Else

Somewhere Else

2003

Acting

Five characters are stuck on an island, from where they hope to escape to "somewhere else", the utopia of their dreams. Dr. Tavussi (Ahmad Najafi) off...

Boutique

Boutique

2003

as Eti

7.0
Acting

A clothing store worker (Jahan) meets a poor girl named Eti. Jahan tries to help the girl and solve her problems, but…

Zamaneh

Zamaneh

2002

as Zamaneh

3.0
Acting

Zamane and Saeid are neighbors. Despite their own arrangements to get married, their families are against this marriage. Zamane’s family’s reason for ...

Seven Acts

Seven Acts

2000

3.0
Acting

Four young men come together to solve their financial Problems.

The Pear Tree

The Pear Tree

1998

as M

6.8
Acting

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

The Thing That Hurts

N/A

Acting

The patients of a recently deceased American psychotherapist remember her.

Les Clochettes de Kaboul

N/A

Acting

La Vie d'une Femme

N/A

Acting

The life of Gabrielle, head of surgery in Paris, married, childless

Conference of the Birds

N/A

Acting

The film centers on a flock of birds who are the sole survivors of a man-made natural disaster. Leading the avian gang is Hod-Hod, a young adventurous...