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 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.
83 acting credits
Acting · 83
Incendies
2010
The Crimson Rivers
2018
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
Ganglands
2021
Body of Lies
2008
The Traveller
2019
The Honourable Woman
2014
Mary Magdalene
2018
Occupation
2009
Trepalium
2016
Coriolanus
2011
Accusé
2015
The Frozen Dead
2017
The Collapse
2019
Banking District
2017
Cheyenne & Lola
2020
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018
Above the Law
2017
Ardennes
2025
Paradise Now
2005
Rabia
2024
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
Surviving Pompeii with Tom Hiddleston
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Rebel
2022
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022
Sofia
2018
Maldoror
2024
Buğday
2017
The Blue Caftan
2023
Rock the Casbah
2013
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018
Occupation
2009
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024
Malin Fors
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I Am Slave
2010
Exiles
2004
Hellhole
2019
Here
2011
Adam
2019
Light Thereafter
2017
For My Country
2023
L'école des espions
2024
Life Suits Me Well
2021
Somewhere in Love
2024
The Marchers
2013
24 Bars
2007
Lola Pater
2017
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016
Almost Peaceful
2002
Free Men
2011
Malika
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Lockdown
2018
Viva Algeria
2004
Ruby Is Dead
2017
Headwinds
2011
Goodbye Morocco
2013
Sisters
2009
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009
Amal
2024
You Promised Me the Sea
2023
Champion
2022
My Revolution
2016
Hot Water
2026
Catch the Wind
2017
Tout le monde descend
2011
25 Degrees in Winter
2004
Far Away
2001
Changing Times
2004
Aram
2002
Une chaîne pour deux
2008
The Love
2022
Betelgeuse
2016
A Minute of Sun Less
2003
Strangers
2007
Les siestes Grenadine
1999
Une affaire turque
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Des blessures invisibles
2024
Suicide Club
2021
Pure fiction
1998
L'île des esclaves
2006
Le Donne della Vucciria
2013
Echo
2007