Lubna Azabal
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.
Acting
Movie
Body of Lies
as Aisha's Sister Cala
2008
Movie
Incendies
as Nawal
2010
Movie
Mary Magdalene
as Susannah
2018
Movie
Coriolanus
as First Citizen (Tamora)
2011
Movie
Simone: Woman of the Century
as Hafsia Hamdad
2022
Movie
Paradise Now
as Suha
2005
TV
The Little Drummer Girl
as Fatmeh Al-Khadar
2018
TV
Ganglands
as Anissa
2021
Movie
The Blue Caftan
as Mina
2023
TV
The Collapse
as Sofia Desmarest
2019
Movie
A Bluebird in My Heart
as Nadia
2018
Movie
Headwinds
as La mère de Yamine
2011
Movie
Above the Law
as Lucie Tesla
2017
TV
The Honourable Woman
as Atika Halibi
2014
Movie
Tel Aviv on Fire
as Tala
2018
Movie
Maldoror
as Mme Santos
2024
Movie
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Amel Zeroual
2010
Movie
Adam
as Abla
2019
Movie
The Marchers
as Kheira
2013
TV
The Crimson Rivers
as Sabrina Harel
2018
Movie
For My Country
as Nadia
2023
Movie
Rebel
as Leila
2022
TV
The Frozen Dead
as Elizabeth Ferney
2017
Movie
Exiles
as Naima
2004