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 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.
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
Rabia
Une vie rêvée
Des blessures invisibles
Joaquin Phoenix - An Actor of Extremes
Amal
You Promised Me the Sea
The Blue Caftan
For My Country
The Love
Simone: Woman of the Century
Rebel
Champion
Life Suits Me Well
Suicide Club
Ganglands
Cheyenne & Lola
The Collapse
Adam
The Traveller
Hellhole
The Crimson Rivers
The Little Drummer Girl
Lockdown
Sofia
Tel Aviv on Fire
Mary Magdalene
A Bluebird in My Heart
Above the Law
Buğday
Banking District
Catch the Wind
Lola Pater
Ruby Is Dead
Light Thereafter
The Frozen Dead
Betelgeuse
My Revolution
Ustica: The Missing Paper
Trepalium
Accusé
The Honourable Woman
The Marchers
Rock the Casbah
Goodbye Morocco
Headwinds
Free Men
Tout le monde descend
Coriolanus
Here
Incendies
I Am Slave
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Sisters
Suite noire
Bajo el mismo cielo
Occupation
Occupation
Body of Lies
Une chaîne pour deux
24 Bars
Strangers
Echo
Paradise Now
Changing Times
25 Degrees in Winter
Exiles
Viva Algeria
A Minute of Sun Less
Almost Peaceful
Aram
Far Away
Les siestes Grenadine
Pure fiction