Lubna Azabal
Acting • Born 1973-08-15
Biography
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.
Filmography
83 credits
Paradise Now
Movie • 2005
Suha
Body of Lies
Movie • 2008
Aisha's Sister Cala
Somewhere in Love
Movie • 2024
Norah
Echo
Movie • 2007
Carole
Almost Peaceful
Movie • 2002
Jacqueline
Changing Times
Movie • 2004
Nadia
Suicide Club
Movie • 2021
Anita
Far Away
Movie • 2001
Sarah
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Movie • 2010
Amel Zeroual
Incendies
Movie • 2010
Nawal
Exiles
Movie • 2004
Naima
Headwinds
Movie • 2011
La mère de Yamine
I Am Slave
Movie • 2010
Haleema
Betelgeuse
Movie • 2016
Sarah
24 Bars
Movie • 2007
Helly
A Minute of Sun Less
Movie • 2003
Free Men
Movie • 2011
Warba Shlimane alias Leila
L'école des espions
Movie • 2024
Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
25 Degrees in Winter
Movie • 2004
Loubna
Coriolanus
Movie • 2011
First Citizen (Tamora)
Here
Movie • 2011
Gadarine Nazarian
Simone: Woman of the Century
Movie • 2022
Hafsia Hamdad
Aram
Movie • 2002
Méliné
For My Country
Movie • 2023
Nadia
The Blue Caftan
Movie • 2023
Mina
Strangers
Movie • 2007
Rana Sweid
Viva Algeria
Movie • 2004
Goucem
Goodbye Morocco
Movie • 2013
Dounia
The Love
Movie • 2022
Fatima Zahwani
Rock the Casbah
Movie • 2013
Kenza
You Promised Me the Sea
Movie • 2023
Rabia
Occupation
Movie • 2009
Aliya Nabil
Bajo el mismo cielo
Movie • 2009
Fathia
The Marchers
Movie • 2013
Kheira
Amal
Movie • 2024
Amal
Rabia
Movie • 2024
Madame
Des blessures invisibles
Movie • 2024
Larivière
Champion
Movie • 2022
Gloria
Buğday
Movie • 2017
Beatrice
Tout le monde descend
Movie • 2011
Leila El Fassi
Life Suits Me Well
Movie • 2021
Rita
Les siestes Grenadine
Movie • 1999
Mabrouka
Ustica: The Missing Paper
Movie • 2016
Valja
My Revolution
Movie • 2016
Samia
Maldoror
Movie • 2024
Mme Santos
Light Thereafter
Movie • 2017
Soumaya
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Movie • 2024
Self - Actress
Lola Pater
Movie • 2017
Malika
Mary Magdalene
Movie • 2018
Susannah
Une chaîne pour deux
Movie • 2008
Corinne
Sisters
Movie • 2009
Angela Di Biaggio
Catch the Wind
Movie • 2017
Nadia
Ruby Is Dead
Movie • 2017
Alice Tanner
Above the Law
Movie • 2017
Lucie Tesla
A Bluebird in My Heart
Movie • 2018
Nadia
Sofia
Movie • 2018
Leila
Hellhole
Movie • 2019
Samira
Tel Aviv on Fire
Movie • 2018
Tala
Le Donne della Vucciria
Movie • 2013
Adam
Movie • 2019
Abla
Pure fiction
Movie • 1998
Lockdown
Movie • 2018
Farah
Rebel
Movie • 2022
Leila
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Movie • 2002
Self
L'île des esclaves
Movie • 2006
Hot Water
Movie • 2026
Malika
Movie
Une affaire turque
Movie
Occupation
TV • 2009
Aliya Nabil
The Honourable Woman
TV • 2014
Atika Halibi
Ganglands
TV • 2021
Anissa
Trepalium
TV • 2016
Lisbeth
Banking District
TV • 2017
Luna
The Frozen Dead
TV • 2017
Elizabeth Ferney
Accusé
TV • 2015
Samia
The Crimson Rivers
TV • 2018
Sabrina Harel
The Little Drummer Girl
TV • 2018
Fatmeh Al-Khadar
Cheyenne & Lola
TV • 2020
Rachida
The Collapse
TV • 2019
Sofia Desmarest
The Traveller
TV • 2019
Claire Elgouarch
Ardennes
TV • 2025
Anna Charou
Malin Fors
TV
Surviving Pompeii with Tom Hiddleston
TV
Julia Felix