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Lubna Azabal

Lubna Azabal

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 15, 1973 (52)
Birthplace Bruxelles, Belgium
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Jul 12, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Maldoror

Maldoror

2025

as Mme Santos

Amal : Un esprit libre

Amal : Un esprit libre

2024

as Amal

Somewhere in Love

Somewhere in Love

2024

as Norah

Suicide Club

Suicide Club

2021

as Anita

A Bluebird in My Heart

A Bluebird in My Heart

2018

as Nadia

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

2018

as Susannah

Buğday

Buğday

2017

as Beatrice

Light Thereafter

Light Thereafter

2017

as Soumaya

Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse

2016

as Sarah

Here

Here

2011

as Gadarine Nazarian

Coriolanus

Coriolanus

2011

as First Citizen (Tamora)

Incendies

Incendies

2010

as Nawal

I Am Slave

I Am Slave

2010

as Haleema

Occupation

Occupation

2009

as Aliya Nabil

Body of Lies

Body of Lies

2008

as Aisha's Sister Cala

Paradise Now

Paradise Now

2005

as Suha

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Television Credits

The Honourable Woman

as Atika Halibi

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 03, 2014

Cheyenne & Lola

as Rachida

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Nov 24, 2020

Trepalium

as Lisbeth

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 11, 2016

Banking District

as Luna

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 17, 2017

The Frozen Dead

as Elizabeth Ferney

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jan 10, 2017

Ganglands

as Anissa

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 24, 2021

The Little Drummer Girl

as Fatmeh Al-Khadar

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 28, 2018

Occupation

as Aliya Nabil

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 16, 2009

The Collapse

as Sofia Desmarest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 11, 2019

Suite noire

as Crista

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 05, 2009

Accusé

as Samia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 2015

The Crimson Rivers

as Sabrina Harel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 26, 2018

The Traveller

as Claire Elgouarch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 28, 2019

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