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