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 (64)
Incendies
Nawal
Body of Lies
Aisha's Sister Cala
Mary Magdalene
Susannah
Coriolanus
First Citizen (Tamora)
Paradise Now
Suha
The Blue Caftan
Mina
A Turkish Case
Faïza Benseddik
Hot Water
Layla
Pure fiction
1998
Maldoror
Mme Santos
Above the Law
Lucie Tesla
Hellhole
Samira
Lockdown
Farah
Adam
Abla
Simone: Woman of the Century
Hafsia Hamdad
Amal
Amal
For My Country
Nadia
Rebel
Leila
A Bluebird in My Heart
Nadia
Exiles
Naima
Buğday
Beatrice
Aram
Méliné
I Am Slave
Haleema
Far Away
Sarah
Free Men
Warba Shlimane alias Leila
Here
Gadarine Nazarian
Rock the Casbah
Kenza
Tel Aviv on Fire
Tala
Headwinds
La mère de Yamine
Changing Times
Nadia
Rabia
Madame
Champion
Gloria
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Amel Zeroual
Goodbye Morocco
Dounia
Lola Pater
Malika
Les siestes Grenadine
Mabrouka
The Marchers
Kheira
Occupation
Aliya Nabil
Ustica: The Missing Paper
Valja
Tout le monde descend
Leila El Fassi
25 Degrees in Winter
Loubna
Somewhere in Love
Norah
You Promised Me the Sea
Rabia
Almost Peaceful
Jacqueline
Catch the Wind
Nadia
My Revolution
Samia
Light Thereafter
Soumaya
Des blessures invisibles
Larivière
Betelgeuse
Sarah
The Love
Fatima Zahwani
Strangers
Rana Sweid
L'école des espions
Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
Sofia
Leila
Suicide Club
Anita
Ruby Is Dead
Alice Tanner
Viva Algeria
Goucem
L'île des esclaves
2006
Bajo el mismo cielo
Fathia
Life Suits Me Well
Rita
A Minute of Sun Less
2003
Sisters
Angela Di Biaggio
24 Bars
Helly
Une chaîne pour deux
Corinne
Echo
Carole
TV Shows (14)
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
Julia Felix · 3 eps
The Crimson Rivers
Sabrina Harel · 1 eps
Ganglands
Anissa · 5 eps
The Little Drummer Girl
Fatmeh Al-Khadar · 4 eps
The Traveller
Claire Elgouarch · 1 eps
The Collapse
Sofia Desmarest · 2 eps
Accusé
Samia · 1 eps
The Honourable Woman
Atika Halibi · 8 eps
The Frozen Dead
Elizabeth Ferney · 6 eps
Cheyenne & Lola
Rachida · 8 eps
Banking District
Luna · 6 eps
Trepalium
Lisbeth · 6 eps
Occupation
Aliya Nabil · 3 eps
Ardennes
Anna Charou · 1 eps
