Acting
Lubna Azabal
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.
Movies with Lubna Azabal
Body of Lies
2008
Incendies
2010
Paradise Now
2005
Mary Magdalene
2018
Hot Water
2026
Coriolanus
2011
Above the Law
2017
Here
2011
I Am Slave
2010
For My Country
2023
The Blue Caftan
2023
Exiles
2004
Hellhole
2019
Pure fiction
1998
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022
Rebel
2022
Rock the Casbah
2013
Buğday
2017
A Turkish case
2026
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018
Lockdown
2018
Far Away
2001
Rabia
2024
Betelgeuse
2016
Adam
2019
Maldoror
2024
Free Men
2011
Champion
2022
My Revolution
2016
Strangers
2007
Light Thereafter
2017
Lola Pater
2017
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Somewhere in Love
2024
Sofia
2018
25 Degrees in Winter
2004
Goodbye Morocco
2013
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018
Catch the Wind
2017
Amal
2024
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
Viva Algeria
2004
The Marchers
2013
Changing Times
2004
The Love
2022
Almost Peaceful
2002
Occupation
2009
Headwinds
2011
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024
Suicide Club
2021
24 Bars
2007
Ruby Is Dead
2017
Tout le monde descend
2011
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009
You Promised Me the Sea
2023
L'école des espions
2024
Malika
2026
Les siestes Grenadine
1999
Aram
2002
L'île des esclaves
2006
Une chaîne pour deux
2008
Sisters
2009
A Minute of Sun Less
2003
Echo
2007
Des blessures invisibles
2024
Le Donne della Vucciria
2013
Life Suits Me Well
2021
TV Shows with Lubna Azabal
The Traveller
2019
The Crimson Rivers
2018
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
Ganglands
2021
The Frozen Dead
2017
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
2026
Accusé
2015
The Honourable Woman
2014
The Collapse
2019
Trepalium
2016
Malin Fors
Ardennes
2025
Banking District
2017
Cheyenne & Lola
2020
Occupation
2009