
Lubna Azabal
Acting
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.

Hot Water

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

Adam
Abla

Hellhole
Samira

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

Catch the Wind
Nadia

Lola Pater
Malika

Ruby Is Dead
Alice Tanner

Light Thereafter
Soumaya

Betelgeuse
Sarah

My Revolution
Samia

Ustica: The Missing Paper
Valja

The Marchers
Kheira

Rock the Casbah
Kenza
Le Donne della Vucciria

Goodbye Morocco
Dounia

Headwinds
La mère de Yamine

Free Men
Warba Shlimane alias Leila

Tout le monde descend
Leila El Fassi

Coriolanus
First Citizen (Tamora)

Here
Gadarine Nazarian

Incendies
Nawal

I Am Slave
Haleema

Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Amel Zeroual

Sisters
Angela Di Biaggio

Bajo el mismo cielo
Fathia

Occupation
Aliya Nabil

Body of Lies
Aisha's Sister Cala

Une chaîne pour deux
Corinne

24 Bars
Helly

Strangers
Rana Sweid

Echo
Carole

L'île des esclaves

Paradise Now
Suha

Changing Times
Nadia

Exiles
Naima

25 Degrees in Winter
Loubna

Viva Algeria
Goucem

A Minute of Sun Less

Almost Peaceful
Jacqueline

Aram
Méliné

A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self

Far Away
Sarah

Les siestes Grenadine
Mabrouka

Pure fiction







