Lubna Azabal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

Gender

Female

Birthday

1973-08-15 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Bruxelles, Belgium

Lubna Azabal

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.

Known For

  • Maldoror

    Maldoror

  • Incendies

    Incendies

  • The Crimson Rivers

    The Crimson Rivers

  • Des blessures invisibles

    Des blessures invisibles

  • Body of Lies

    Body of Lies

  • You Promised Me the Sea

    You Promised Me the Sea

  • A Day in the Life of French Cinema

    A Day in the Life of French Cinema

  • The Traveller

    The Traveller

  • Ganglands

    Ganglands

  • Headwinds

    Headwinds

  • The Little Drummer Girl

    The Little Drummer Girl

  • Life Suits Me Well

    Life Suits Me Well

  • The Marchers

    The Marchers

  • A Bluebird in My Heart

    A Bluebird in My Heart

  • Mary Magdalene

    Mary Magdalene

  • The Blue Caftan

    The Blue Caftan

  • Comme les 5 doigts de la main

    Comme les 5 doigts de la main

  • Rabia

    Rabia

  • The Love

    The Love

  • Coriolanus

    Coriolanus

  • L'île des esclaves

    L'île des esclaves

  • Almost Peaceful

    Almost Peaceful

  • The Honourable Woman

    The Honourable Woman

  • Paradise Now

    Paradise Now

  • Buğday

    Buğday

  • Changing Times

    Changing Times

  • Suicide Club

    Suicide Club

  • Rebel

    Rebel

  • Tel Aviv on Fire

    Tel Aviv on Fire

  • 24 Bars

    24 Bars

  • L'école des espions

    L'école des espions

  • Aram

    Aram

  • My Revolution

    My Revolution

  • Ruby Is Dead

    Ruby Is Dead

  • Somewhere in Love

    Somewhere in Love

  • Rock the Casbah

    Rock the Casbah

  • Lola Pater

    Lola Pater

  • Sisters

    Sisters

  • Here

    Here

  • Light Thereafter

    Light Thereafter

  • Occupation

    Occupation

  • The Collapse

    The Collapse

  • Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

    Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes

  • Tomahawk Springs

    Tomahawk Springs

  • Occupation

    Occupation

  • Viva Algeria

    Viva Algeria

  • Trepalium

    Trepalium

  • Une chaîne pour deux

    Une chaîne pour deux

  • Accusé

    Accusé

  • The Frozen Dead

    The Frozen Dead

  • Exiles

    Exiles

  • 25 Degrees in Winter

    25 Degrees in Winter

  • Above the Law

    Above the Law

  • Banking District

    Banking District

  • Cheyenne & Lola

    Cheyenne & Lola

  • Amal

    Amal

  • Sofia

    Sofia

  • Free Men

    Free Men

  • Strangers

    Strangers

  • Goodbye Morocco

    Goodbye Morocco

  • Les siestes Grenadine

    Les siestes Grenadine

  • For My Country

    For My Country

  • Catch the Wind

    Catch the Wind

  • I Am Slave

    I Am Slave

  • Malin Fors

    Malin Fors

  • Bajo el mismo cielo

    Bajo el mismo cielo

  • Ardennes

    Ardennes

  • Adam

    Adam

  • Champion

    Champion

  • Simone: Woman of the Century

    Simone: Woman of the Century

  • Le Donne della Vucciria

    Le Donne della Vucciria

  • Tout le monde descend

    Tout le monde descend

  • Betelgeuse

    Betelgeuse

  • Hellhole

    Hellhole

  • Echo

    Echo

  • Ustica: The Missing Paper

    Ustica: The Missing Paper

  • Malika

    Malika

  • Far Away

    Far Away

  • Pure fiction

    Pure fiction

  • A Minute of Sun Less

    A Minute of Sun Less

  • Lockdown

    Lockdown