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.
Acting (64 movies)
Paradise Now
2005
Body of Lies
2008
Somewhere in Love
2024
Echo
2007
Almost Peaceful
2002
Changing Times
2004
Suicide Club
2021
Far Away
2001
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
Incendies
2010
Exiles
2004
Headwinds
2011
I Am Slave
2010
Betelgeuse
2016
24 Bars
2007
A Minute of Sun Less
2003
Free Men
2011
L'école des espions
2024
25 Degrees in Winter
2004
Coriolanus
2011
Here
2011
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022
Aram
2002
For My Country
2023
The Blue Caftan
2023
Strangers
2007
Viva Algeria
2004
Goodbye Morocco
2013
The Love
2022
Rock the Casbah
2013
You Promised Me the Sea
2023
Occupation
2009
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009
The Marchers
2013
Amal
2024
Rabia
2024
Des blessures invisibles
2024
Champion
2022
Buğday
2017
Tout le monde descend
2011
Life Suits Me Well
2021
Les siestes Grenadine
1999
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016
My Revolution
2016
Maldoror
2024
Light Thereafter
2017
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024
Lola Pater
2017
Mary Magdalene
2018
Une chaîne pour deux
2008
Sisters
2009
Catch the Wind
2017
Ruby Is Dead
2017
Above the Law
2017
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018
Sofia
2018
Hellhole
2019
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018
Adam
2019
Pure fiction
1998
Lockdown
2018
Rebel
2022
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
L'île des esclaves
2006
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