Lubna Azabal
Acting
1973-08-15 · Bruxelles, Belgium
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 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.
Filmography
Malika
2026 · Movie
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
2026 · Series
TheatersA Turkish Case
2026 · Movie
Hot Water
2026 · Movie
Ardennes
2025 · Series
Rabia
2024 · Movie
Maldoror
2024 · Movie
Somewhere in Love
2024 · Movie
L'école des espions
2024 · Movie
Des blessures invisibles
2024 · Movie
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024 · Movie
Amal
2024 · Movie
You Promised Me the Sea
2023 · Movie
The Blue Caftan
2023 · Movie
For My Country
2023 · Movie
The Love
2022 · Movie
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022 · Movie
Rebel
2022 · Movie
Champion
2022 · Movie
Life Suits Me Well
2021 · Movie
Suicide Club
2021 · Movie
Ganglands
2021 · Series
Cheyenne & Lola
2020 · Series
The Collapse
2019 · Series
Adam
2019 · Movie
The Traveller
2019 · Series
Hellhole
2019 · Movie
The Crimson Rivers
2018 · Series
The Little Drummer Girl
2018 · Series
Lockdown
2018 · Movie
Sofia
2018 · Movie
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018 · Movie
Mary Magdalene
2018 · Movie
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018 · Movie
Above the Law
2017 · Movie
Buğday
2017 · Movie
Banking District
2017 · Series
Catch the Wind
2017 · Movie
Lola Pater
2017 · Movie
Ruby Is Dead
2017 · Movie
Light Thereafter
2017 · Movie
The Frozen Dead
2017 · Series
Betelgeuse
2016 · Movie
My Revolution
2016 · Movie
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016 · Movie
Trepalium
2016 · Series
Accusé
2015 · Series
The Honourable Woman
2014 · Series
The Marchers
2013 · Movie
Rock the Casbah
2013 · Movie
Le Donne della Vucciria
2013 · Movie
Goodbye Morocco
2013 · Movie
Headwinds
2011 · Movie
Free Men
2011 · Movie
Tout le monde descend
2011 · Movie
Coriolanus
2011 · Movie
Here
2011 · Movie
Incendies
2010 · Movie
I Am Slave
2010 · Movie
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010 · Movie
Sisters
2009 · Movie
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009 · Movie
Occupation
2009 · Series
Occupation
2009 · Movie
Body of Lies
2008 · Movie
Une chaîne pour deux
2008 · Movie
24 Bars
2007 · Movie
Strangers
2007 · Movie
Echo
2007 · Movie
L'île des esclaves
2006 · Movie
Paradise Now
2005 · Movie
Changing Times
2004 · Movie
Exiles
2004 · Movie
25 Degrees in Winter
2004 · Movie
Viva Algeria
2004 · Movie
A Minute of Sun Less
2003 · Movie
Almost Peaceful
2002 · Movie
Aram
2002 · Movie
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002 · Movie
Far Away
2001 · Movie
Les siestes Grenadine
1999 · Movie
Pure fiction
1998 · Movie
Malin Fors
Series