Farida Khelfa (born May 23, 1960) is a French documentary filmmaker and former model.

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Khelfa, one of eight children, was born in Lyon to Algerian immigrants.^[1] She ran away from her strict Muslim family at the age of 15, joining her sister in Paris.^[2] There she befriended Christian Louboutin, who gave her a place to stay.^[3]

While working at a nightclub, Khelfa was discovered by photographer Jean-Paul Goude. Goude was the first to use Khelfa as a model and later introduced her to designer Azzedine Alaïa.^[3]

In 2013 Khelfa was appointed as the brand ambassador for Schiaparelli.^[4] Khelfa parted with the brand in 2017 stating that she needed time to focus on her own projects including filmmaking.^[5] However Khelfa continued to work with the brand, notably appearing on the Schiaparelli spring/summer 2020 Haute Couture runway in 2019.^[6]

At 20 Khelfa was involved romantically with photographer Jean-Paul Goude.^[3]

Khelfa married Henri Seydoux in 2012. The couple had been together since 1989 and already had two sons, Ismaël Seydoux and Omer Seydoux, at the time of their marriage.^[7] Through her marriage Khelfa is the step-mother of stylist Camille Seydoux and actress Léa Seydoux, her husband's children from his first marriage to Valérie Schlumberger.

Khelfa is a friend of former model Carla Bruni and was a witness at her 2008 wedding to French president Nicolas Sarkozy.^[8]