Golshifteh Farahani

Personal Info

Birthday

July 10, 1983

(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).