Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 15, 1973
Place of Birth
Bruxelles, Belgium
Credits
83 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Malika
A Turkish case
Faïza Benseddik
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
Julia Felix
Hot Water
Layla
Ardennes
Anna Charou
Rabia
Madame
Maldoror
Mme Santos
Somewhere in Love
Norah
L'école des espions
Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
Des blessures invisibles
Larivière
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Self - Actress
Amal
Amal
You Promised Me the Sea
Rabia
The Blue Caftan
Mina
For My Country
Nadia
The Love
Fatima Zahwani
Simone: Woman of the Century
Hafsia Hamdad
Rebel
Leila
Champion
Gloria
Life Suits Me Well
Rita
Suicide Club
Anita
Ganglands
Anissa
Cheyenne & Lola
Rachida
The Collapse
Sofia Desmarest
Adam
Abla
The Traveller
Claire Elgouarch
Hellhole
Samira
The Crimson Rivers
Sabrina Harel
The Little Drummer Girl
Fatmeh Al-Khadar
Lockdown
Farah
Sofia
Leila
Tel Aviv on Fire
Tala
Mary Magdalene
Susannah
A Bluebird in My Heart
Nadia
Above the Law
Lucie Tesla
Buğday
Beatrice
Banking District
Luna
Catch the Wind
Nadia
Lola Pater
Malika
Ruby Is Dead
Alice Tanner
Light Thereafter
Soumaya
The Frozen Dead
Elizabeth Ferney
Betelgeuse
Sarah
My Revolution
Samia
Ustica: The Missing Paper
Valja
Trepalium
Lisbeth
Accusé
Samia
The Honourable Woman
Atika Halibi
The Marchers
Kheira
Rock the Casbah
Kenza