Golshifteh Farahani
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Composer
Golshifteh started her acting career in theater at the age of 6 and has
always kept a strong link with theater, but it was at the age of 14
that she acted in her first film
Derakhte Golabi (1998), for which
she won the prize for the Best Actress from the international section
of the Fajr film festival, immediately making her one of the stars of
Iranian cinema. Since then she has played in more than 15 films, many
of which have been screened or awarded at international festivals.
Amongst her latest films are
Bahman Ghobadi's
Half Moon (2006) (winner of the Golden
Seashell at the San Sebastián film festival 2006),
Dariush Mehrjui's controversial
The Music Man (2007), still banned in Iran,
and the late
Rasool Mollagholi Poor's
M like Mother (2006), which
after a huge success in Iran was chosen to represent Iran for the Best
Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2008. After playing in
Body of Lies (2008) by
Ridley Scott, Golshifteh became the first
Iranian star to act in a major Hollywood production. Subsequently she
was banned from her country. Her last film in Iran
About Elly (2009) won a Silver
Bear in Berlin and the Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca (2009).
Golshifteh graduated from music school, she sings and plays the piano
amongst other instruments. She is also fluent in French and English and
lives in Paris now.
