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

[1] She ran away from her strict Muslim family at the age of 15, joining her sister in Paris.

[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.

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