Iranian Actress Golshifteh Farahani, daughter of the famous actor and theatre director, Behzad Farahani, will be in Ridley Scott's latest movie Body of Lies which is scheduled to be released October10th. The movie is based on a novel by David Ignatius and is about a former journalist injured in the Iraq war who is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan. Golshifteh will be playing, along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, in this movie as a nurse. Watch movie trailer.

Santoori and Mim Mesleh Madar are two of Golshifteh's well-known movies that came out recently.

Update: Iran has banned an award-winning young actress from leaving the country over her appearance in this movie. According to IRNA, Iranian actors are required to obtain a permit from the ministry of culture and Islamic guidance in order to appear in foreign movies.

Her appearance in Body of Lies marked the first by an actress living in Iran in a Hollywood production.

Source: AFP