Lubna Azabal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 15 August 1973 · 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.
Known for
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- 2026Malika
- 2026A Turkish Case as Faïza Benseddik
- 2026Hot Water as Layla
- 2024Rabia as Madame
- 2024Maldoror as Mme Santos
- 2024Somewhere in Love as Norah
- 2024L'école des espions as Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
- 2024Des blessures invisibles as Larivière
- 2024Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes as Self - Actress
- 2024Amal as Amal
- 2023You Promised Me the Sea as Rabia
- 2023The Blue Caftan as Mina
- 2023For My Country as Nadia
- 2022The Love as Fatima Zahwani
- 2022Simone: Woman of the Century as Hafsia Hamdad
- 2022Rebel as Leila
- 2022Champion as Gloria
- 2021Life Suits Me Well as Rita
- 2021Suicide Club as Anita
- 2019Adam as Abla
- 2019Hellhole as Samira
- 2018Lockdown as Farah
- 2018Sofia as Leila
- 2018Tel Aviv on Fire as Tala
- 2018Mary Magdalene as Susannah
- 2018A Bluebird in My Heart as Nadia
- 2017Above the Law as Lucie Tesla
- 2017Buğday as Beatrice
- 2017Catch the Wind as Nadia
- 2017Lola Pater as Malika
- 2017Ruby Is Dead as Alice Tanner
- 2017Light Thereafter as Soumaya
- 2016Betelgeuse as Sarah
- 2016My Revolution as Samia
- 2016Ustica: The Missing Paper as Valja
- 2013The Marchers as Kheira
- 2013Rock the Casbah as Kenza
- 2013Le Donne della Vucciria
- 2013Goodbye Morocco as Dounia
- 2011Headwinds as La mère de Yamine
- 2011Free Men as Warba Shlimane alias Leila
- 2011Tout le monde descend as Leila El Fassi
- 2011Coriolanus as First Citizen (Tamora)
- 2011Here as Gadarine Nazarian
- 2010Incendies as Nawal
- 2010I Am Slave as Haleema
- 2010Comme les 5 doigts de la main as Amel Zeroual
- 2009Sisters as Angela Di Biaggio
- 2009Bajo el mismo cielo as Fathia
- 2009Occupation as Aliya Nabil
- 2008Body of Lies as Aisha's Sister Cala
- 2008Une chaîne pour deux as Corinne
- 200724 Bars as Helly
- 2007Strangers as Rana Sweid
- 2007Echo as Carole
- 2006L'île des esclaves
- 2005Paradise Now as Suha
- 2004Changing Times as Nadia
- 2004Exiles as Naima
- 200425 Degrees in Winter as Loubna
- 2004Viva Algeria as Goucem
- 2003A Minute of Sun Less
- 2002Almost Peaceful as Jacqueline
- 2002Aram as Méliné
- 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- 2001Far Away as Sarah
- 1999Les siestes Grenadine as Mabrouka
- 1998Pure fiction