Farahani has played in many films, including Bahman Ghobadi's Half Moon (2006) (winner of the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastián film festival 2006), the controversial The Music Man (2007), which is still banned in Iran, and M for Mother (2006), which was chosen to represent Iran for the Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards in 2008.
With Body of Lies (2008) by Ridley Scott, Golshifteh became the first Iranian star to act in a major Hollywood production and 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 currently stars as Aneesha Malik in the AppleTV+ series Invasion.
AI contributed to this report with staff oversight.
