Lubna Azabal

Lubna Azabal

  • Birthday: 1973-08-15
  • Place of birth: Bruxelles, Belgium
  • Also know as: לובנה אזאבל

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

Incendies

2010

As Nawal

24 Bars

2007

As Helly

Goodbye Morocco

2013

As Dounia

Bajo el mismo cielo

2009

As Fathia

Une chaîne pour deux

2008

As Corinne

Above the Law

2017

As Lucie Tesla

Adam

2019

As Abla

Lockdown

2018

As Farah

Echo

2007

As Carole

The Blue Caftan

2023

As Mina

Life Suits Me Well

2021

As Rita

Suicide Club

2021

As Anita

Betelgeuse

2016

As Sarah

Amal

2024

As Amal

Far Away

2001

As Sarah

Exiles

2004

As Naima

Here

2011

As Gadarine Nazarian

Aram

2002

As Méliné

Strangers

2007

As Rana Sweid

Viva Algeria

2004

As Goucem

Sofia

2018

As Leila

Tel Aviv on Fire

2018

As Tala

Pure fiction

1998

As

Rebel

2022

As Leila

The Love

2022

As Fatima Zahwani

Rabia

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As Madame

Champion

2022

As Gloria

Free Men

2011

As Warba Shlimane alias Leila

Coriolanus

2011

As First Citizen (Tamora)

Rock the Casbah

2013

As Kenza

Buğday

2017

As Beatrice

Les siestes Grenadine

1999

As Mabrouka

My Revolution

2016

As Samia

For My Country

2023

As Nadia

I Am Slave

2010

As Haleema

A Free Woman

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As

Almost Peaceful

2002

As Jacqueline

Catch the Wind

2017

As Nadia

Ruby Is Dead

2017

As Alice Tanner

Hellhole

2019

As Samira

L'école des espions

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As Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt

Des Blessures invisibles

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As Larivière

Changing Times

2004

As Nadia

Occupation

2009

As Aliya Nabil

Light Thereafter

2017

As Soumaya

Paradise Now

2005

As Suha

25 Degrees in Winter

2004

As Loubna

Sisters

2009

As Angela Di Biaggio

Lola Pater

2017

As Malika

Headwinds

2011

As La mère de Yamine

The Marchers

2013

As Kheira

Simone: Woman of the Century

2022

As Hafsia Hamdad

Body of Lies

2008

As Aisha's Sister Cala

Comme les 5 doigts de la main

2010

As Amel Zeroual

Mary Magdalene

2018

As Susannah

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