Lubna Azabal

Known for ActingBorn 1973-08-15 (age 53)Bruxelles, Belgium

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Les siestes Grenadine

A Minute of Sun Less

Incendies

Simone: Woman of the Century

The Collapse

Light Thereafter

Rebel

Occupation

Amal

Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston

Accusé

A Turkish Case

The Honourable Woman

The Blue Caftan

The Little Drummer Girl

Ganglands

Adam

The Traveller

Cheyenne & Lola

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Pure fiction

Paradise Now

Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

Tel Aviv on Fire

Des blessures invisibles

Champion

The Crimson Rivers

The Love

Body of Lies

Maldoror

The Frozen Dead

Somewhere in Love

Rabia

Life Suits Me Well

Mary Magdalene

For My Country

Rock the Casbah

The Marchers

Sofia

Aram

Comme les 5 doigts de la main

L'école des espions

Suicide Club

I Am Slave

Lockdown

Lola Pater

Catch the Wind

Exiles