Golshifteh Farahani

Movie Actress

Golshifteh Farahani was born in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran on July 10th, 1983 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 40, Golshifteh Farahani biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Rahavard Farahani, Golshifteh
Date of Birth
July 10, 1983
Nationality
France, Iran
Place of Birth
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
Age
40 years old
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Networth
$1 Million
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Musician
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Golshifteh Farahani Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 40 years old, Golshifteh Farahani has this physical status:

Height
169cm
Weight
58kg
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Build
Slim
Measurements
Not Available
Golshifteh Farahani Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Muslim
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Islamic Azad University
Golshifteh Farahani Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Amin Mahdavi, ​ ​(m. 2003; div. 2013)​, Christos Dorje Walker, ​ ​(m. 2015; div. 2017)​
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Louis Garrel, Amin Mahdavi, Matthew Silver, Christos Dorje Walker
Parents
Behzad Farahani, Fahimeh Rahim Nia
Siblings
Shaghayegh Farahani (Older Sister) (Actress), Azarakhsh Farahani (Brother) (Actor)
Golshifteh Farahani Life

Golshifteh Farahani (born 10 July 1983 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress and singer.

She has appeared in 35 films, many of which have received international recognition.

She was nominated for the Most Promising Actress Award for The Patience Stone at the 2014 Cesar Awards in France, and won the Best Actress Award for Boutique from the 26th Nantes Three Continents Festival (France).

In recent years, she has had prominent roles in movies by well-known Iranian and international directors, including Asghar Farhadi, Bahman Ghobadi, Rasool Mollagholipoor, Jim Jarmusch, Ridley Scott, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. She starred in the drama About Elly, which won Best Picture at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Due to the questions the film raised about Iranian society, she has not worked in Iran since.

She currently resides in France.

Early life

Farahani was born in Tehran, Iran. She is the daughter of Behzad Farahani, a theatre director and actor, and Fahimeh Rahim Nia. Her sister is actress Shaghayegh Farahani. Golshifteh began studying music and piano at the age of five, and later entered a music school in Tehran. At 14, she was cast as the lead in Dariush Mehrjui's The Pear Tree, a role for which she won the Crystal Roc for Best Actress from the International Section of the 16th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran.

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Golshifteh Farahani Career

Career

Farahani appeared in About Elly, the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival's Best Picture and a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Farahani has not been allowed to return and work in Iran since 2009, and has since resided in France due to her appearance in the Hollywood film Body of Lies, which was seen by Iranian authorities as a form of Islamic propaganda and a breach of Islamic law due to her appearance without wearing a hijab. Most reviewers approved Farahani's script The Patience Stone (2012), directed by Atiq Rahimi from his book; it was highly praised by most commentators. She appeared in a 2012 César Award video in the Most Promising Actors category.

Farahani appeared on stage in Paris in 2016 and received laudatory feedback. Laura was also in director Jim Jarmusch's American feature film Paterson, opposite actor Adam Driver. On the movie website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received largely critical feedback, with a 96% approval.

Shansa played the sea witch in the fantasy film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales in 2017.

She appeared in Extraction as Nik Khan in 2020.

She was supposed to appear in director Dariush Mehrjui's film Rumi's Kimia, which will be based on Saideh Ghods' book Kimia Khatoon.

Farahani is involved in environmental causes and is an advocate for tuberculosis elimination in Iran.

She was a member of Kooch Neshin (Nomads), a Iranian band that won the 2nd Tehran Avenue underground rock tournament for the second time. Since leaving Iran, she has collaborated with Mohsen Namjoo, an exiled Iranian musician; their album Oy was released in October 2009.

She ranked sixth on the annual Independent Critics Beauty List for 2014 in December 2014.

She has worked with directors Roland Joffé, Huner Saleem, and Marjane Satrapi, among other things, and she was a member of the international jury at the 63rd Locarno Film Festival in Paris since moving to Paris.

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