Lubna Azabal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 15, 1973
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Exils arte editions 2019 TBA
as Naïma
Malika 2026
as Zohra
A Turkish Case 2026
as Faïza Benseddik
Hot Water 2026
as Layla
Rabia 2024
as Madame
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 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
Le voleur de nuits 2020
as Claire Elgouarch
Adam 2019
as Abla
Hellhole 2019
as Samira
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
Catch the Wind 2017
as Nadia
Lola Pater 2017
as Malika
Ruby Is Dead 2017
as Alice Tanner
Light Thereafter 2017
as Soumaya
Betelgeuse 2016
as Sarah
My Revolution 2016
as Samia
Ustica: The Missing Paper 2016
as Valja
The Marchers 2013
as Kheira
Rock the Casbah 2013
as Kenza
- Le Donne della Vucciria
Le Donne della Vucciria 2013
Actor
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
as Leila El Fassi
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
Bajo el mismo cielo 2009
as Fathia
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
L'île des esclaves 2006
Actor
Paradise Now 2005
as Suha
Changing Times 2004
as Nadia
Exiles 2004
as Naima
25 Degrees in Winter 2004
as Loubna
Viva Algeria 2004
as Goucem
A Minute of Sun Less 2003
Actor
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
Actor
Credits from TMDB.