1. Rahavard Farahani, known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani, is an Iranian and French actress.
20 Facts About Golshifteh Farahani
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Golshifteh Farahani is known for her performances in M for Mother, Body of Lies, About Elly, The Patience Stone, Paterson, Girls of the Sun, Extraction and its sequel Extraction 2, and Invasion.
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Golshifteh Farahani was nominated for the Most Promising Actress Award for The Patience Stone at the 2014 Cesar Awards.
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Golshifteh Farahani is the daughter of Behzad Farahani, a theatre director and actor, and Fahimeh Rahim Nia.
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The name Golshifteh was invented by her father and means "loving flower", whereas her legal name is Rahavard, and means "gift of the road".
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Golshifteh Farahani began studying music and piano at the age of five, and later entered a music school in Tehran.
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Golshifteh Farahani 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.
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Golshifteh Farahani starred in The Patience Stone, directed by Atiq Rahimi from his novel; it was favorably received by most reviewers.
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Golshifteh Farahani starred in a 2012 Cesar Award video in the Most Promising Actors category.
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In 2016, Golshifteh Farahani played Anna Karenina on stage in Paris and received laudatory reviews.
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Golshifteh Farahani played the lead role of Laura in director Jim Jarmusch's American feature film Paterson, opposite actor Adam Driver.
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Golshifteh Farahani was slated to appear in director Dariush Mehrjui's film Rumi's Kimia, which will be based on Saideh Ghods's novel Kimia Khatoon.
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Golshifteh Farahani is involved in environmental causes, and is an advocate for the eradication of tuberculosis in Iran.
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Golshifteh Farahani, who has been exiled from Iran since 2008 for refusing to wear a hijab while acting in international films, has publicly supported the Mahsa Amini protests.
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On 28 October 2022, British rock band Coldplay invited Golshifteh Farahani to perform with them a cover of Shervin Hajipour's Baraye, which has been described as "the anthem" of the protests, at the band's concert at the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires.
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Golshifteh Farahani appeared topless in a short black-and-white film by Jean-Baptiste Mondino called Corps et Ames.
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Golshifteh Farahani posed for fully nude photographs taken by Paolo Roversi for an Egoiste cover and editorial.
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In 2003, Golshifteh Farahani married Amin Mahdavi, the brother of interior designer India Mahdavi, and from whom she later separated.
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Golshifteh Farahani was in a relationship with French actor Louis Garrel, who directed and co-starred with her in Two Friends.
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Golshifteh Farahani had previously indicated her intent to leave France, explaining that she was severely impacted by the bureaucracy and banking system.