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Lubna Azabal

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.

Rabia

2024

as Madame

Maldoror

2024

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