Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 15, 1973
Place of Birth:
Bruxelles, Belgium
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Lubna Azabal
Biography
Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress, born in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. After studing at the Conservatoire royal of Brussels, she began a theatrical career in Belgium. In 1997, she took her first film role when Belgian film-maker Vincent Lannoo chose her to act beside Olivier Gourmet in his short film J'adore le cinéma. She performs in both French and Arabic films. She was raised trilingual (French, Spanish and Berber). She also speaks fluent English and Arabic.
Her most widely known role is in the 2005 Golden Globe-winning Palestinian political thriller, Paradise Now. She can also be spotted in a smaller role in Ridley Scott's recent film Body of Lies.
Azabal won the Black Pearl Award 2010 (Abu Dhabi Film Festival) for Best Actress for her role in the film Incendies. She also won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the 31st Genie Awards.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maldoror | Mme Santos |
| 2024 | Somewhere in Love | Norah |
| 2024 | L'école des espions | Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt |
| 2024 | Amal | Amal |
| 2024 | Rabia | Madame |
| 2024 | Des blessures invisibles | Larivière |
| 2024 | Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes | Self - Actress |
| 2023 | For My Country | Nadia |
| 2023 | The Blue Caftan | Mina |
| 2023 | You Promised Me the Sea | Rabia |
| 2022 | Simone: Woman of the Century | Hafsia Hamdad |
| 2022 | The Love | Fatima Zahwani |
| 2022 | Champion | Gloria |
| 2022 | Rebel | Leila |
| 2021 | Suicide Club | Anita |
| 2021 | Life Suits Me Well | Rita |
| 2019 | Hellhole | Samira |
| 2019 | Adam | Abla |
| 2018 | Mary Magdalene | Susannah |
| 2018 | A Bluebird in My Heart | Nadia |
| 2018 | Sofia | Leila |
| 2018 | Tel Aviv on Fire | Tala |
| 2018 | Lockdown | Farah |
| 2017 | Buğday | Beatrice |
| 2017 | Light Thereafter | Soumaya |
| 2017 | Lola Pater | Malika |
| 2017 | Catch the Wind | Nadia |
| 2017 | Ruby Is Dead | Alice Tanner |
| 2017 | Above the Law | Lucie Tesla |
| 2016 | Betelgeuse | Sarah |
| 2016 | Ustica: The Missing Paper | Valja |
| 2016 | My Revolution | Samia |
| 2013 | Goodbye Morocco | Dounia |
| 2013 | Rock the Casbah | Kenza |
| 2013 | The Marchers | Kheira |
| 2013 | Le Donne della Vucciria | |
| 2011 | Headwinds | La mère de Yamine |
| 2011 | Free Men | Warba Shlimane alias Leila |
| 2011 | Coriolanus | First Citizen (Tamora) |
| 2011 | Here | Gadarine Nazarian |
| 2011 | Tout le monde descend | |
| 2010 | Comme les 5 doigts de la main | Amel Zeroual |
| 2010 | Incendies | Nawal |
| 2010 | I Am Slave | Haleema |
| 2009 | Occupation | Aliya Nabil |
| 2009 | Bajo el mismo cielo | Fathia |
| 2009 | Sisters | Angela Di Biaggio |
| 2008 | Body of Lies | Aisha's Sister Cala |
| 2008 | Une chaîne pour deux | Corinne |
| 2007 | Echo | Carole |
| 2007 | 24 Bars | Helly |
| 2007 | Strangers | Rana Sweid |
| 2006 | L'île des esclaves | |
| 2005 | Paradise Now | Suha |
| 2004 | Changing Times | Nadia |
| 2004 | Exiles | Naima |
| 2004 | 25 Degrees in Winter | Loubna |
| 2004 | Viva Algeria | Goucem |
| 2003 | A Minute of Sun Less | |
| 2002 | Almost Peaceful | Jacqueline |
| 2002 | Aram | Méliné |
| 2002 | A Day in the Life of French Cinema | Self |
| 2001 | Far Away | Sarah |
| 1999 | Les siestes Grenadine | Mabrouka |
| 1998 | Pure fiction | |
| Tomahawk Springs |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ganglands | Anissa |
| 2020 | Cheyenne & Lola | Rachida |
| 2019 | The Collapse | Sofia Desmarest |
| 2019 | The Traveller | Claire Elgouarch |
| 2018 | The Crimson Rivers | Sabrina Harel |
| 2018 | The Little Drummer Girl | Fatmeh Al-Khadar |
| 2017 | Banking District | Luna |
| 2017 | The Frozen Dead | Elizabeth Ferney |
| 2016 | Trepalium | Lisbeth |
| 2015 | Accusé | Samia |
| 2014 | The Honourable Woman | Atika Halibi |
| 2009 | Occupation | Aliya Nabil |
| Ardennes | Anna Charou |