Lubna Azabal
Acting
Born: August 15, 1973 (age 53) · Bruxelles, Belgium
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Body of Lies
2008
Incendies
2010
Mary Magdalene
2018
Coriolanus
2011
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022
Paradise Now
2005
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
Ganglands
2021
The Blue Caftan
2023
The Collapse
2019
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018
Headwinds
2011
Photos (2)
Movies (65)
Body of Lies
Aisha's Sister Cala
Incendies
Nawal
The Blue Caftan
Mina
Mary Magdalene
Susannah
Coriolanus
First Citizen (Tamora)
Simone: Woman of the Century
Hafsia Hamdad
Amal
Amal
Paradise Now
Suha
Above the Law
Lucie Tesla
Rebel
Leila
For My Country
Nadia
Maldoror
Mme Santos
A Bluebird in My Heart
Nadia
Hot Water
Layla
Somewhere in Love
Norah
Here
Gadarine Nazarian
Almost Peaceful
Jacqueline
Pure fiction
1998
Changing Times
Nadia
I Am Slave
Haleema
Adam
Abla
Buğday
Beatrice
Rock the Casbah
Kenza
Lockdown
Farah
Exiles
Naima
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Amel Zeroual
Ustica: The Missing Paper
Valja
Ruby Is Dead
Alice Tanner
You Promised Me the Sea
Rabia
Betelgeuse
Sarah
Strangers
Rana Sweid
Tel Aviv on Fire
Tala
Rabia
Madame
Lola Pater
Malika
Le voleur de nuits
Claire Elgouarch
The Marchers
Kheira
Headwinds
La mère de Yamine
Hellhole
Samira
25 Degrees in Winter
Loubna
Des blessures invisibles
Larivière
24 Bars
Helly
Free Men
Warba Shlimane alias Leila
A Turkish Case
Faïza Benseddik
Far Away
Sarah
Sisters
Angela Di Biaggio
My Revolution
Samia
Light Thereafter
Soumaya
Viva Algeria
Goucem
L'école des espions
Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
Les siestes Grenadine
Mabrouka
Sofia
Leila
Bajo el mismo cielo
Fathia
Champion
Gloria
Aram
Méliné
Occupation
Aliya Nabil
The Love
Fatima Zahwani
Suicide Club
Anita
Une chaîne pour deux
Corinne
Tout le monde descend
Leila El Fassi
A Minute of Sun Less
2003
L'île des esclaves
2006
Echo
Carole
Catch the Wind
Nadia
Goodbye Morocco
Dounia
Life Suits Me Well
Rita
TV Shows (14)
The Little Drummer Girl
Fatmeh Al-Khadar · 4 eps
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
Julia Felix · 3 eps
The Crimson Rivers
Sabrina Harel · 1 eps
The Traveller
Claire Elgouarch · 1 eps
Ganglands
Anissa · 5 eps
The Honourable Woman
Atika Halibi · 8 eps
The Collapse
Sofia Desmarest · 2 eps
Accusé
Samia · 1 eps
Occupation
Aliya Nabil · 3 eps
Trepalium
Lisbeth · 6 eps
The Frozen Dead
Elizabeth Ferney · 6 eps
Banking District
Luna · 6 eps
Cheyenne & Lola
Rachida · 8 eps
Ardennes
Anna Charou · 1 eps
