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 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.

Known For

Incendies

The Crimson Rivers

The Little Drummer Girl

The Traveller

Ganglands

Body of Lies

The Honourable Woman

Mary Magdalene

All Movies (68)

• A Turkish case2026 · as Faïza Benseddik
• Hot Water2026 · as Layla
• Rabia2024 · as Madame
• Maldoror2024 · as Mme Santos
• Somewhere in Love2024 · as Norah
• L'école des espions2024 · as Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
• Des blessures invisibles2024 · as Larivière
• Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes2024 · as Self - Actress
• Amal2024 · as Amal
• You Promised Me the Sea2023 · as Rabia
• The Blue Caftan2023 · as Mina
• For My Country2023 · as Nadia
• The Love2022 · as Fatima Zahwani
• Simone: Woman of the Century2022 · as Hafsia Hamdad
• Rebel2022 · as Leila
• Champion2022 · as Gloria
• Life Suits Me Well2021 · as Rita
• Suicide Club2021 · as Anita
• Adam2019 · as Abla
• Hellhole2019 · as Samira
• Lockdown2018 · as Farah
• Sofia2018 · as Leila
• Tel Aviv on Fire2018 · as Tala
• Mary Magdalene2018 · as Susannah
• A Bluebird in My Heart2018 · as Nadia
• Above the Law2017 · as Lucie Tesla
• Buğday2017 · as Beatrice
• Catch the Wind2017 · as Nadia
• Lola Pater2017 · as Malika
• Ruby Is Dead2017 · as Alice Tanner
• Light Thereafter2017 · as Soumaya
• Betelgeuse2016 · as Sarah
• My Revolution2016 · as Samia
• Ustica: The Missing Paper2016 · as Valja
• The Marchers2013 · as Kheira
• Rock the Casbah2013 · as Kenza
• Le Donne della Vucciria2013
• Goodbye Morocco2013 · as Dounia
• Headwinds2011 · as La mère de Yamine
• Free Men2011 · as Warba Shlimane alias Leila
• Tout le monde descend2011 · as Leila El Fassi
• Coriolanus2011 · as First Citizen (Tamora)
• Here2011 · as Gadarine Nazarian
• Incendies2010 · as Nawal
• I Am Slave2010 · as Haleema
• Comme les 5 doigts de la main2010 · as Amel Zeroual
• Sisters2009 · as Angela Di Biaggio
• Bajo el mismo cielo2009 · as Fathia
• Occupation2009 · as Aliya Nabil
• Body of Lies2008 · as Aisha's Sister Cala
• Une chaîne pour deux2008 · as Corinne
• 24 Bars2007 · as Helly
• Strangers2007 · as Rana Sweid
• Echo2007 · as Carole
• L'île des esclaves2006
• Paradise Now2005 · as Suha
• Changing Times2004 · as Nadia
• Exiles2004 · as Naima
• 25 Degrees in Winter2004 · as Loubna
• Viva Algeria2004 · as Goucem
• A Minute of Sun Less2003
• Almost Peaceful2002 · as Jacqueline
• Aram2002 · as Méliné
• A Day in the Life of French Cinema2002 · as Self
• Far Away2001 · as Sarah
• Les siestes Grenadine1999 · as Mabrouka
• Pure fiction1998
• Malika—

All TV Shows (15)

• Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston2026 · as Julia Felix
• Ardennes2025 · as Anna Charou
• Ganglands2021 · as Anissa
• Cheyenne & Lola2020 · as Rachida
• The Collapse2019 · as Sofia Desmarest
• The Traveller2019 · as Claire Elgouarch
• The Crimson Rivers2018 · as Sabrina Harel
• The Little Drummer Girl2018 · as Fatmeh Al-Khadar
• Banking District2017 · as Luna
• The Frozen Dead2017 · as Elizabeth Ferney
• Trepalium2016 · as Lisbeth
• Accusé2015 · as Samia
• The Honourable Woman2014 · as Atika Halibi
• Occupation2009 · as Aliya Nabil
• Malin Fors—