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.
Filmography
all 79
Movies 63
TV Shows 16
Une vie rêvée (2024)
Amal (2024)
You Promised Me the Sea (2023)
The Blue Caftan (2023)
For My Country (2023)
The Love (2022)
Simone: Woman of the Century (2022)
Rebel (2022)
Champion (2022)
Life Suits Me Well (2021)
Suicide Club (2021)
Ganglands (2021)
Cheyenne & Lola (2020)
The Collapse (2019)
Adam (2019)
The Traveller (2019)
Hellhole (2019)
The Crimson Rivers (2018)
Lockdown (2018)
Sofia (2018)
Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
Mary Magdalene (2018)
Nox (2018)
A Bluebird in My Heart (2018)
Above the Law (2017)
Buğday (2017)
Banking District (2017)
Catch the Wind (2017)
Lola Pater (2017)
Ruby Is Dead (2017)
Light Thereafter (2017)
The Frozen Dead (2017)
Betelgeuse (2016)
My Revolution (2016)
Ustica: The Missing Paper (2016)
Trepalium (2016)
Accusé (2015)
The Honourable Woman (2014)
The Marchers (2013)
Rock the Casbah (2013)
Le Donne della Vucciria (2013)
Goodbye Morocco (2013)
Headwinds (2011)
Free Men (2011)
Tout le monde descend (2011)
Le Repaire de la vouivre (2011)
Coriolanus (2011)
Here (2011)
Incendies (2010)
I Am Slave (2010)
Comme les 5 doigts de la main (2010)
Sisters (2009)
Suite noire (2009)
Bajo el mismo cielo (2009)
Occupation (2009)
Occupation (2009)
Body of Lies (2008)
Une chaîne pour deux (2008)
24 Bars (2007)
Strangers (2007)
Echo (2007)
Paradise Now (2005)
Changing Times (2004)
25 Degrees in Winter (2004)
Exiles (2004)
Viva Algeria (2004)
A Minute of Sun Less (2003)
Masculin/Féminin (2003)
Almost Peaceful (2002)
Aram (2002)
Far Away (2001)
Les siestes Grenadine (1999)
I Adore the Cinema (1998)
Pure fiction (1998)
I Am Slave
Des Blessures invisibles
A Free Woman
L'école des espions
Rabia
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1973-08-15 (50 years old)
Birth PlaceBrussels metropolitan area, Belgium
ReligionIslam
CitizenshipsMorocco, Belgium
Also Known Asלובנה אזאבל, 루브나 아자발
AwardsAcademy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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