Lubna Azabal
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1973-08-15 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Bruxelles, Belgium
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 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
Acting
(2025)
Maldoror
as Mme Santos
(2024)
Rabia
as Madame
(2024)
Des blessures invisibles
as Larivière
(2024)
Somewhere in Love
as Norah
(2024)
L'école des espions
as Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
(2024)
Amal
as Amal
(2024)
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
as Self - Actress
(2023)
You Promised Me the Sea
as Rabia
(2023)
The Blue Caftan
as Mina
(2023)
For My Country
as Nadia
(2022)
Simone: Woman of the Century
as Hafsia Hamdad
(2022)
The Love
as Fatima Zahwani
(2022)
Rebel
as Leila
(2022)
Champion
as Gloria
(2021)
Life Suits Me Well
as Rita
(2021)
Suicide Club
as Anita
(2019)
Adam
as Abla
(2019)
Hellhole
as Samira
(2018)
Mary Magdalene
as Susannah
(2018)
A Bluebird in My Heart
as Nadia
(2018)
Tel Aviv on Fire
as Tala
(2018)
Sofia
as Leila
(2018)
Lockdown
as Farah
(2017)
Buğday
as Beatrice
(2017)
Light Thereafter
as Soumaya
(2017)
Lola Pater
as Malika
(2017)
Above the Law
as Lucie Tesla
(2017)
Ruby Is Dead
as Alice Tanner
(2017)
Catch the Wind
as Nadia
(2016)
My Revolution
as Samia
(2016)
Ustica: The Missing Paper
as Valja
(2016)
Betelgeuse
as Sarah
(2013)
The Marchers
as Kheira
(2013)
Rock the Casbah
as Kenza
(2013)
Goodbye Morocco
as Dounia
(2013)
(2011)
Headwinds
as La mère de Yamine
(2011)
Coriolanus
as First Citizen (Tamora)
(2011)
Here
as Gadarine Nazarian
(2011)
Free Men
as Warba Shlimane alias Leila
(2011)
Tout le monde descend
as Leila El Fassi
(2010)
Incendies
as Nawal
(2010)
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Amel Zeroual
(2010)
I Am Slave
as Haleema
(2009)
Sisters
as Angela Di Biaggio
(2009)
Occupation
as Aliya Nabil
(2009)
Bajo el mismo cielo
as Fathia
(2008)
Body of Lies
as Aisha's Sister Cala
(2008)
Une chaîne pour deux
as Corinne
(2007)
24 Bars
as Helly
(2007)
Strangers
as Rana Sweid
(2007)
Echo
as Carole
(2006)
(2005)
Paradise Now
as Suha
(2004)
Viva Algeria
as Goucem
(2004)
25 Degrees in Winter
as Loubna
(2004)
Changing Times
as Nadia
(2004)
Exiles
as Naima
(2003)
(2002)
Almost Peaceful
as Jacqueline
(2002)
(2002)
Aram
as Méliné
(2001)
Far Away
as Sarah
(1999)
Les siestes Grenadine
as Mabrouka
(1998)