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