
Lubna Azabal
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
Credits
- 2025 · Maldoror as Mme Santos
- 2024 · Rabia as Madame
- 2024 · Somewhere in Love as Norah
- 2024 · L'école des espions as Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
- 2024 · Des blessures invisibles as Larivière
- 2024 · Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes as Self - Actress
- 2024 · Amal as Amal
- 2023 · You Promised Me the Sea as Rabia
- 2023 · The Blue Caftan as Mina
- 2023 · For My Country as Nadia
- 2022 · The Love as Fatima Zahwani
- 2022 · Simone: Woman of the Century as Hafsia Hamdad
- 2022 · Rebel as Leila
- 2022 · Champion as Gloria
- 2021 · Life Suits Me Well as Rita
- 2021 · Suicide Club as Anita
- 2021 · Ganglands as Anissa
- 2020 · Cheyenne & Lola as Rachida
- 2019 · The Collapse as Sofia Desmarest
- 2019 · Adam as Abla
- 2019 · The Traveller as Claire Elgouarch
- 2019 · Hellhole as Samira
- 2018 · The Crimson Rivers as Sabrina Harel
- 2018 · The Little Drummer Girl as Fatmeh Al-Khadar
- 2018 · Lockdown as Farah
- 2018 · Sofia as Leila
- 2018 · Tel Aviv on Fire as Tala
- 2018 · Mary Magdalene as Susannah
- 2018 · A Bluebird in My Heart as Nadia
- 2017 · Above the Law as Lucie Tesla
- 2017 · Buğday as Beatrice
- 2017 · Banking District as Luna
- 2017 · Catch the Wind as Nadia
- 2017 · Lola Pater as Malika
- 2017 · Ruby Is Dead as Alice Tanner
- 2017 · Light Thereafter as Soumaya
- 2017 · The Frozen Dead as Elizabeth Ferney
- 2016 · Betelgeuse as Sarah
- 2016 · My Revolution as Samia
- 2016 · Ustica: The Missing Paper as Valja
- 2016 · Trepalium as Lisbeth
- 2013 · Le Donne della Vucciria as
- 2013 · Goodbye Morocco as Dounia
- 2011 · Tout le monde descend as
- 2010 · I Am Slave as Haleema
- 2007 · Strangers as Rana Sweid
- 2004 · 25 Degrees in Winter as Loubna
- 2002 · Aram as Méliné
- Future · Tomahawk Springs as
- 2015 · Accusé as Samia
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Atika Halibi
- 2013 · The Marchers as Kheira
- 2013 · Rock the Casbah as Kenza
- 2011 · Headwinds as La mère de Yamine
- 2011 · Free Men as Warba Shlimane alias Leila
- 2011 · Coriolanus as First Citizen (Tamora)
- 2011 · Here as Gadarine Nazarian
- 2010 · Incendies as Nawal
- 2010 · Comme les 5 doigts de la main as Amel Zeroual
- 2009 · Sisters as Angela Di Biaggio
- 2009 · Bajo el mismo cielo as Fathia
- 2009 · Occupation as Aliya Nabil
- 2009 · Occupation as Aliya Nabil
- 2008 · Body of Lies as Aisha's Sister Cala
- 2008 · Une chaîne pour deux as Corinne
- 2007 · 24 Bars as Helly
- 2007 · Echo as Carole
- 2006 · L'île des esclaves as
- 2005 · Paradise Now as Suha
- 2004 · Viva Algeria as Goucem
- 2002 · Almost Peaceful as Jacqueline
- Future · Ardennes as Anna Charou
- 2004 · Changing Times as Nadia
- 2004 · Exiles as Naima
- 2003 · A Minute of Sun Less as
- 2002 · A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- 2001 · Far Away as Sarah
- 1999 · Les siestes Grenadine as Mabrouka
- 1998 · Pure fiction as