Lubna Azabal

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

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 Ridle...

Acting

2005

2008

Body of Lies

as Aisha's Sister Cala

2024

2007

Echo

as Carole

2002

Almost Peaceful

as Jacqueline

2004

2021

Suicide Club

as Anita

2001

Far Away

as Sarah

2010

Incendies

as Nawal

2004

Exiles

as Naima

2011

Headwinds

as La mère de Yamine

2010

I Am Slave

as Haleema

2016

Betelgeuse

as Sarah

2007

24 Bars

as Helly

2011

Free Men

as Warba Shlimane alias Leila

2024

L'école des espions

as Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt

2011

Coriolanus

as First Citizen (Tamora)

2011

Here

as Gadarine Nazarian

2022

2002

Aram

as Méliné

2023

2023

2007

Strangers

as Rana Sweid

2004

Viva Algeria

as Goucem

2013

2022

The Love

as Fatima Zahwani

2013

2009

Occupation

as Aliya Nabil

2009

2013

The Marchers

as Kheira

2024

Amal

as Amal

2024

Rabia

as Madame

2024

2022

Champion

as Gloria

2017

Buğday

as Beatrice

1999

2016

2025

Maldoror

as Mme Santos

2017

2017

Lola Pater

as Malika

2018

Mary Magdalene

as Susannah

2008

2009

Sisters

as Angela Di Biaggio

2017

2017

Ruby Is Dead

as Alice Tanner

2017

Above the Law

as Lucie Tesla

2018

Sofia

as Leila

2019

Hellhole

as Samira

2018

2019

Adam

as Abla

2018

Lockdown

as Farah

2022

Rebel

as Leila

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