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