Lubna Azabal
Acting
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.…
Filmography
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A Turkish case
A Turkish case
2026
Hot Water
2026
Ardennes
2025
Rabia
2024
Maldoror
2024
Somewhere in Love
2024
L'école des espions
2024
Des blessures invisibles
2024
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024
Amal
2024
You Promised Me the Sea
2023
The Blue Caftan
2023
For My Country
2023
The Love
2022
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022
Rebel
2022
Champion
2022
Life Suits Me Well
2021
Suicide Club
2021
Ganglands
2021
Cheyenne & Lola
2020
The Collapse
2019
Adam
2019
The Traveller
2019
Hellhole
2019
The Crimson Rivers
2018
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
Lockdown
2018
Sofia
2018
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018
Mary Magdalene
2018
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018
Above the Law
2017
Buğday
2017
Banking District
2017
Catch the Wind
2017
Lola Pater
2017
Ruby Is Dead
2017
Light Thereafter
2017
The Frozen Dead
2017
Betelgeuse
2016
My Revolution
2016
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016
Trepalium
2016
Accusé
2015
The Honourable Woman
2014
The Marchers
2013
Rock the Casbah
2013
Le Donne della Vucciria
Le Donne della Vucciria
2013
Goodbye Morocco
2013
Headwinds
2011
Free Men
2011
Tout le monde descend
2011
Coriolanus
2011
Here
2011
Incendies
2010
I Am Slave
2010
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
Sisters
2009
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009
Occupation
2009
Occupation
2009
Body of Lies
2008
Une chaîne pour deux
2008
24 Bars
2007
Strangers
2007
Echo
2007
L'île des esclaves
2006
Paradise Now
2005
Changing Times
2004
Exiles
2004
25 Degrees in Winter
2004
Viva Algeria
2004
A Minute of Sun Less
2003
Almost Peaceful
2002
Aram
2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Far Away
2001
Les siestes Grenadine
1999
Pure fiction
1998
Hot Water
2026
Ardennes
2025
Rabia
2024
Maldoror
2024
Somewhere in Love
2024
L'école des espions
2024
Des blessures invisibles
2024
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024
Amal
2024
You Promised Me the Sea
2023
The Blue Caftan
2023
For My Country
2023
The Love
2022
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022
Rebel
2022
Champion
2022
Life Suits Me Well
2021
Suicide Club
2021
Ganglands
2021
Cheyenne & Lola
2020
The Collapse
2019
Adam
2019
The Traveller
2019
Hellhole
2019
The Crimson Rivers
2018
The Little Drummer Girl
2018
Lockdown
2018
Sofia
2018
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018
Mary Magdalene
2018
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018
Above the Law
2017
Buğday
2017
Banking District
2017
Catch the Wind
2017
Lola Pater
2017
Ruby Is Dead
2017
Light Thereafter
2017
The Frozen Dead
2017
Betelgeuse
2016
My Revolution
2016
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016
Trepalium
2016
Accusé
2015
The Honourable Woman
2014
The Marchers
2013
Rock the Casbah
2013
Le Donne della Vucciria
Le Donne della Vucciria
2013
Goodbye Morocco
2013
Headwinds
2011
Free Men
2011
Tout le monde descend
2011
Coriolanus
2011
Here
2011
Incendies
2010
I Am Slave
2010
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
Sisters
2009
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009
Occupation
2009
Occupation
2009
Body of Lies
2008
Une chaîne pour deux
2008
24 Bars
2007
Strangers
2007
Echo
2007
L'île des esclaves
2006
Paradise Now
2005
Changing Times
2004
Exiles
2004
25 Degrees in Winter
2004
Viva Algeria
2004
A Minute of Sun Less
2003
Almost Peaceful
2002
Aram
2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
Far Away
2001
Les siestes Grenadine
1999
Pure fiction
1998