Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
73
Gender
Female
Birthday
1983-07-10 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
Also Known As
Rahavard Farahani
골쉬프테 파라하니
گلشیفته فراهانی
Golshifte Farahani
Гольшифте Фарахані
Гольшіфте Фарахані
格什菲·法拉哈尼
Гольшифтех Фарахані
Golshifteh Farahani
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 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).
