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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.208 |
| Birthday | 1983-07-10 |
| Place of Birth | Tehran, Iran |
| Also Known As | Rahavard Farahani, 골쉬프테 파라하니, گلشیفته فراهانی, Golshifte Farahani, ゴルシフテ・ファラハニ, Гольшифте Фарахані, Гольшіфте Фарахані, 格什菲·法拉哈尼, Гольшифтех Фарахані, |
2008
Body of Lies
6.627/3067
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...
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2023
Extraction 2
7.435/2547
Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangst...
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2022
Romantique
5.1/19
After disappearing overnight, a man reappears and discovers that he is the father of a little girl. This time he will do his best.
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Romantique
2009
About Elly
7.448/500
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...
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About Elly
2006
Half Moon
6.4/27
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...
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2007
To Each His Own Cinema
6.5/138
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...
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2011
There Be Dragons
5.004/135
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2024
Reading Lolita in Tehran
7.167/9
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2022
Brother and Sister
4.9/104
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Brother and Sister
2011
Chicken with Plums
7.1/161
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Extraction 3
0/0
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2024
Can Creativity Save the World?
0/0
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...
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2013
Just Like a Woman
5.5/33
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2013
The Patience Stone
7.093/107
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2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
5.867/4587
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...
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
2022
My Father's Dragon
7.1/104
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The Pear Tree
6.6/17
A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit.
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2014
My Sweet Pepper Land
7.1/84
Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.
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2023
Woman, Life, Freedom: An Iranian Revolution
8.5/3
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2012
The Rule of Three
6/9
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The Rule of Three
2007
The Music Man
6.8/31
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2016
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
0/0
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2025
William Tell
6.1/15
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2021
Cocorica
0/0
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Cocorica
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
6.652/12139
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2022
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
8.6/10
Experience the stunning spectacle of Coldplay’s record-breaking Music Of The Spheres world tour at your local cinema with this spectacular worldwide l...
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2016
Finding Altamira
5.8/132
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2015
Two Friends
5.88/133
Mona, a prisoner on work release, meets Clément, a shy actor. Desperate to impress Mona, Clément recruits his extroverted friend, Abel, to help. When...
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2003
Two Angels
0/0
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...
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2024
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
7/1
Artists forced to leave their country talk about the ambivalence of exile. With Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, Sudanes...
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2014
Rosewater
6.48/177
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The Thing That Hurts
0/0
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2024
Hood Witch
5.775/20
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2003
Boutique
7/12
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2016
Sophie's Misfortunes
4.8/96
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Alpha
0/0
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2016
Paterson
7.113/1900
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Les Clochettes de Kaboul
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Sinjar, naissance des fantômes
9/2
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2016
Go Home
5/7
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2011
If You Die, I'll Kill You
6/12
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2006
M for Mother
8/23
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2014
Eden
5.7/131
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2006
Bab'Aziz
7.3/41
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2007
The Fish Fall in Love
6/5
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The Upside
7.1/1301
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2017
Christmas & Co.
6.277/638
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The Song of Scorpions
8/6
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2018
The Night Eats the World
6/719
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2017
Shelter
5.5/30
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2018
Girls of the Sun
7/84
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2006
In the Name of the Father
5.6/7
This is about a father and his daughter who has been injured from the mines from Iran-Iraq war.
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2008
There's Always a Woman in Between
3.3/3
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2020
Arab Blues
6.1/234
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2000
Seven Acts
3/1
Four young men come together to solve their financial Problems.
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2019
Blind Spot
5.5/19
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Extraction
7.316/6167
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The Wall
0/0
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2004
The Tear of the Cold
0/0
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2003
Somewhere Else
0/0
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...
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2002
Zamaneh
3/1
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2006
The Disgraced
0/0
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...
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2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
6/30
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...
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2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
5.8/5
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La Vie d'une Femme
0/0
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Conference of the Birds
0/0
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2023
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
0/0
Filmed during Coldplay’s sold out, ten night run at Buenos Aires’ River Plate stadium, this spectacular concert film features remixed sound and stunni...
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Shirin
6.1/34
A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Sh...
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