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      Golshifteh Farahani

      Golshifteh Farahani

      Highest Rated: 100% Half Moon (2006)

      Lowest Rated: 12% There Be Dragons (2011)

      Birthday: Jul 10, 1983

      Birthplace: Tehran, Iran

      Iranian actress Golshifte Farahani became well-known in America in 2016 for her starring role in Director Jim Jarmusch's "Paterson." Born and raised in Tehran, Farahani initially began playing the piano at age 5, but soon turned her focus to acting. She began appearing in local plays all throughout Tehran, thus honing her chops for acting, and by her early teens was already a seasoned performer. She landed her first big break at 14 when she was cast as the lead in the Iranian romantic drama "The Pear Tree" (1998). The film received wide critical praise, both in Iran and throughout the world, thus making Farahani an overnight sensation. Over the next several years she followed "The Pear Tree" up with starring roles in numerous acclaimed films, including "Two Angels" (2003), "The Fish Fall in Love" (2006), and "The Music Man" (2007). Then in 2008 Farahani became a breakout star in America by appearing alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in the action thriller "Body of Lies" (2008). The high-profile film raised her status as one of the most important young film actresses to ever hail from Iran, and before long the film roles began pouring in. Over the next several years she starred in the films "Just Like a Woman" (2013), "Rosewater" (2014), and "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014), thus further cementing her status as an internationally recognized star. In 2016 Farahani was cast alongside Adam Driver in the comedy drama "Paterson." The film, directed by the indie icon Jim Jarmusch, was released in December of 2016.

      Highest rated movies

      My Sweet Pepper Land
      Half Moon
      Darbareye Elly
      Paterson
      Arab Blues
      The Night Eats the World Eden
      The Patience Stone

      Photos

      ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild THE PATIENCE STONE, (aka LA PIERRE DE PATIENCE, aka SYNGUE SABOUR), from left: Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, 2012. ph: Benoit Peverelli/©Sony Pictures Classics ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild PATERSON, l-r: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, 2016. ph: Mary Cybulski/©Amazon Studios ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), top: Golshifteh Farahani; middle row from left: Marila Zare'i, Peyman Moaadi, Mani Haghighi; front row from left: Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Ahmad Mehranfar, Rana Azadvar, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), top: Golshifteh Farahani; middle row from left: Marila Zare'i, Peyman Moaadi, Mani Haghighi; front row from left: Taraneh Alidoosti, Shahab Hosseini, Ahmad Mehranfar, Rana Azadvar, 2009. ©Cinema Guild PATERSON, l-r: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, 2016. ph: Mary Cybulski/©Amazon Studios PATERSON, from left: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, 2016. © Amazon Studios PATERSON, Golshifteh Farahani, 2016. ph: Mary Cybulski/©Amazon Studios ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild THE UPSIDE, GOLSHIFTEH FARAHANI, 2017. PH: DAVID LEE/© STX ENTERTAINMENT ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani (left), 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), from left: Shahab Hosseini, Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), foreground: director Asghar Farhadi; background, first three from left: Rana Azadvar, Golshifteh Farahani, Peyman Moaadi; Mani Haghighi (to right of Farhadi), on set, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), foreground: director Asghar Farhadi; background, first three from left: Rana Azadvar, Golshifteh Farahani, Peyman Moaadi; Mani Haghighi (to right of Farhadi), on set, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild ABOUT ELLY, (aka DARBAREYE ELLY), Golshifteh Farahani, 2009. ©Cinema Guild

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      79% 85% Extraction 2 Nik Khan (Character) - 2023
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hood Witch Nour (Character) - 2023
      87% 71% My Father's Dragon Unknown (Voice) - 2022
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Brother and Sister Faunia Vuillard (Character) - 2022
      60% No Score Yet Brother and Sister Unknown (Character) - 2022
      67% 71% Extraction Nik Khan (Character) - 2020
      92% 72% Arab Blues Selma (Character) - 2020
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Snake Unknown (Character) - 2019
      51% 83% Girls of the Sun Bahar (Character) $16.0K 2018
      87% 54% The Night Eats the World Sarah (Character) - 2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Blind Spot Elham (Character) - 2018
      70% No Score Yet The Song of Scorpions Nooran (Character) - 2017
      43% 82% The Upside Maggie (Character) $108.2M 2017
      No Score Yet 39% Santa & Cie Amélie (Character) - 2017
      45% 79% Shelter Mona (Character) - 2017
      30% 60% Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Shansa (Character) $172.5M 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sophie's Misfortunes Unknown (Character) - 2016
      96% 72% Paterson Laura (Character) $2.1M 2016
      65% 46% Finding Altamira Conchita (Character) - 2016
      No Score Yet 60% Two Friends Mona Dessaint (Character) - 2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Go Home Nada (Character) - 2015
      84% 58% Eden Yasmin (Character) $63.3K 2014
      31% 35% Exodus: Gods and Kings Nefertari (Character) $65.0M 2014
      77% 68% Rosewater Maryam (Character) $3.1M 2014
      100% 82% My Sweet Pepper Land Govend (Character) - 2013
      84% 75% The Patience Stone La femme (Character) $148.4K 2012
      13% 33% Just Like a Woman Mona (Character) - 2012
      74% 71% Chicken With Plums Irane (Character) $253.7K 2011
      12% 54% There Be Dragons Leila (Character) $1.1M 2011
      No Score Yet 57% If You Die, I'll Kill You Siba (Character) - 2011
      99% 84% Darbareye Elly Sepideh (Character) $106.7K 2009
      80% 58% Shirin Woman in Audience (Character) - 2008
      55% 62% Body of Lies Aisha (Character) $39.4M 2008
      No Score Yet 64% Ali Santoori Hanieh (Character) - 2006
      100% 77% Half Moon Niwemang (Character) $1.1K 2006
      No Score Yet 81% M for Mother Sepideh (Character) - 2006
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Angels Azar (Character) - 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Deux fereshté (Two Angels) Unknown (Character) - 2003
      No Score Yet 76% The Pear Tree M (Character) - 1998

      TV

      Credit
      56% 50% Invasion Aneesha Malik (Character) 2021 2023
      90% 56% Gen: Lock Unknown (Voice) 2019 2021