2009
About Elly
Farahani appears in Asghar Farhadi’s ensemble drama.
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FARAHANI
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From Iranian cinema to international stories
From About Elly to Extraction and Matchbox: The Movie.
A career across languages and genres
Golshifteh Farahani is an Iranian actor whose career spans films made in Iran and international productions. Her early work includes The Pear Tree and About Elly, directed by Asghar Farhadi.
Her later films include Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson and the Extraction films. In Extraction she plays Nik Khan, a member of the team supporting Tyler Rake; she returned to the role in the sequel.
Moving between intimate drama and action gives her filmography a variety of scales and settings. In Matchbox: The Movie she plays Robbie.
The film links below show only titles currently available in the FLM.RED database and are not a complete list of her work.
Selected film roles
2016
Paterson
She appears in Jim Jarmusch’s film.
2020
Extraction
She plays Nik Khan.
2026
Matchbox: The Movie
She plays Robbie.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Cinema Guild — About Elly press notes
- Netflix Tudum — Extraction 2 interview
- Apple TV — Matchbox cast
- IMDb — Golshifteh Farahani
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.