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.
66 movies · 14 shows
Hot Water
2026·0.0
Rabia
2024·6.5
Maldoror
2024·6.4
Somewhere in Love
2024·6.3
L'école des espions
2024·6.0
Des blessures invisibles
2024·6.6
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024·6.8
Amal
2024·7.7
You Promised Me the Sea
2023·5.7
The Blue Caftan
2023·7.2
For My Country
2023·6.2
The Love
2022·6.3
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022·7.9
Rebel
2022·7.7
Champion
2022·6.6
Life Suits Me Well
2021·6.3
Suicide Club
2021·7.0
Adam
2019·7.0
Hellhole
2019·3.8
Lockdown
2018·6.0
Sofia
2018·6.2
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018·6.8
Mary Magdalene
2018·6.3
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018·5.9
Above the Law
2017·5.9
Buğday
2017·5.8
Catch the Wind
2017·5.9
Lola Pater
2017·6.0
Ruby Is Dead
2017·5.4
Light Thereafter
2017·7.8
Betelgeuse
2016·5.0
My Revolution
2016·5.8
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016·5.5
The Marchers
2013·6.3
Rock the Casbah
2013·6.3
Le Donne della Vucciria
2013·5.7
Goodbye Morocco
2013·4.8
Headwinds
2011·5.7
Free Men
2011·5.6
Tout le monde descend
2011·0.0
Coriolanus
2011·5.8
Here
2011·5.0
Incendies
2010·8.1
I Am Slave
2010·6.1
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010·6.2
Sisters
2009·5.2
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009·2.0
Occupation
2009·7.8
Body of Lies
2008·6.6
Une chaîne pour deux
2008·0.0
24 Bars
2007·3.2
Strangers
2007·5.8
Echo
2007·3.0
L'île des esclaves
2006·0.0
Paradise Now
2005·6.9
Changing Times
2004·5.6
Exiles
2004·6.1
25 Degrees in Winter
2004·5.5
Viva Algeria
2004·5.8
A Minute of Sun Less
2003·9.0
Almost Peaceful
2002·5.7
Aram
2002·6.3
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002·7.0
Far Away
2001·5.8
Les siestes Grenadine
1999·10.0
Pure fiction
1998·7.0