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.

Фільмографія

• 2026A Turkish Case — Faïza Benseddik
• 2026Hot Water — Layla
• 2026Malika
• Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston — Julia Felix
• Ardennes — Anna Charou
• 2024Amal — Amal
• 2024Des blessures invisibles — Larivière
• 2024L'école des espions — Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
• 2024Maldoror — Mme Santos
• 2024Rabia — Madame
• 2024Somewhere in Love — Norah
• 2023For My Country — Nadia
• 2023The Blue Caftan — Mina
• 2023You Promised Me the Sea — Rabia
• 2022Champion — Gloria
• 2022Rebel — Leila
• 2022Simone: Woman of the Century — Hafsia Hamdad
• 2022The Love — Fatima Zahwani
• Ganglands — Anissa
• 2021Life Suits Me Well — Rita
• 2021Suicide Club — Anita
• Cheyenne & Lola — Rachida
• 2019Adam — Abla
• 2019Hellhole — Samira
• The Collapse — Sofia Desmarest
• The Traveller — Claire Elgouarch
• 2018A Bluebird in My Heart — Nadia
• 2018Lockdown — Farah
• 2018Sofia — Leila
• 2018Tel Aviv on Fire — Tala
• Багряні ріки — Sabrina Harel
• Мала барабанщиця — Fatmeh Al-Khadar
• 2018Марія Магдалина — Susannah
• 2017Above the Law — Lucie Tesla
• Banking District — Luna
• 2017Buğday — Beatrice
• 2017Catch the Wind — Nadia
• 2017Light Thereafter — Soumaya
• 2017Lola Pater — Malika
• 2017Ruby Is Dead — Alice Tanner
• The Frozen Dead — Elizabeth Ferney
• 2016Betelgeuse — Sarah
• 2016My Revolution — Samia
• Trepalium — Lisbeth
• 2016Ustica: The Missing Paper — Valja
• Accusé — Samia
• The Honourable Woman — Atika Halibi
• 2013Goodbye Morocco — Dounia
• 2013Le Donne della Vucciria
• 2013Rock the Casbah — Kenza
• 2013The Marchers — Kheira
• 2011Free Men — Warba Shlimane alias Leila
• 2011Headwinds — La mère de Yamine
• 2011Here — Gadarine Nazarian
• 2011Tout le monde descend — Leila El Fassi
• 2011Коріолан — First Citizen (Tamora)
• 2010Comme les 5 doigts de la main — Amel Zeroual
• 2010I Am Slave — Haleema
• 2010Пожежі — Nawal
• 2009Bajo el mismo cielo — Fathia
• 2009Occupation — Aliya Nabil
• Occupation — Aliya Nabil
• 2009Sisters — Angela Di Biaggio
• 2008Une chaîne pour deux — Corinne
• 2008Тіло брехні — Aisha's Sister Cala
• 200724 Bars — Helly
• 2007Echo — Carole
• 2007Strangers — Rana Sweid
• 2006L'île des esclaves
• 2005Paradise Now — Suha
• 200425 Degrees in Winter — Loubna
• 2004Changing Times — Nadia
• 2004Exiles — Naima
• 2004Viva Algeria — Goucem
• 2003A Minute of Sun Less
• 2002Almost Peaceful — Jacqueline
• 2002Aram — Méliné
• 2001Far Away — Sarah
• 1999Les siestes Grenadine — Mabrouka
• 1998Pure fiction
• Malin Fors

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (2)

• 2024Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes — Self - Actress
• 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema — Self