Hot Water
2026 · Movie
as Layla
Lubna Azabal
1973-08-15
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Bruxelles, Belgium
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.
Filmography
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Malika
2026 · Movie
A Turkish case
2026 · Movie
as Faïza Benseddik
Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston
2026 · TV Show
as Julia Felix
Ardennes
2025 · TV Show
as Anna Charou
Somewhere in Love
2024 · Movie
as Norah
L'école des espions
2024 · Movie
as Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
Amal
2024 · Movie
as Amal
Rabia
2024 · Movie
as Madame
Des blessures invisibles
2024 · Movie
as Larivière
Maldoror
2024 · Movie
as Mme Santos
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024 · Movie
as Self - Actress
For My Country
2023 · Movie
as Nadia
The Blue Caftan
2023 · Movie
as Mina
You Promised Me the Sea
2023 · Movie
as Rabia
Simone: Woman of the Century
2022 · Movie
as Hafsia Hamdad
The Love
2022 · Movie
as Fatima Zahwani
Champion
2022 · Movie
as Gloria
Rebel
2022 · Movie
as Leila
Suicide Club
2021 · Movie
as Anita
Life Suits Me Well
2021 · Movie
as Rita
Ganglands
2021 · TV Show
as Anissa
Cheyenne & Lola
2020 · TV Show
as Rachida
Hellhole
2019 · Movie
as Samira
Adam
2019 · Movie
as Abla
The Collapse
2019 · TV Show
as Sofia Desmarest
The Traveller
2019 · TV Show
as Claire Elgouarch
Mary Magdalene
2018 · Movie
as Susannah
A Bluebird in My Heart
2018 · Movie
as Nadia
Sofia
2018 · Movie
as Leila
Tel Aviv on Fire
2018 · Movie
as Tala
Lockdown
2018 · Movie
as Farah
The Crimson Rivers
2018 · TV Show
as Sabrina Harel
The Little Drummer Girl
2018 · TV Show
as Fatmeh Al-Khadar
Buğday
2017 · Movie
as Beatrice
Light Thereafter
2017 · Movie
as Soumaya
Lola Pater
2017 · Movie
as Malika
Catch the Wind
2017 · Movie
as Nadia
Ruby Is Dead
2017 · Movie
as Alice Tanner
Above the Law
2017 · Movie
as Lucie Tesla
Banking District
2017 · TV Show
as Luna
The Frozen Dead
2017 · TV Show
as Elizabeth Ferney
Betelgeuse
2016 · Movie
as Sarah
Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016 · Movie
as Valja
My Revolution
2016 · Movie
as Samia
Trepalium
2016 · TV Show
as Lisbeth
Accusé
2015 · TV Show
as Samia
The Honourable Woman
2014 · TV Show
as Atika Halibi
Goodbye Morocco
2013 · Movie
as Dounia
Rock the Casbah
2013 · Movie
as Kenza
The Marchers
2013 · Movie
as Kheira
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Le Donne della Vucciria
2013 · Movie
Headwinds
2011 · Movie
as La mère de Yamine
Free Men
2011 · Movie
as Warba Shlimane alias Leila
Coriolanus
2011 · Movie
as First Citizen (Tamora)
Here
2011 · Movie
as Gadarine Nazarian
Tout le monde descend
2011 · Movie
as Leila El Fassi
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010 · Movie
as Amel Zeroual
Incendies
2010 · Movie
as Nawal
I Am Slave
2010 · Movie
as Haleema
Occupation
2009 · Movie
as Aliya Nabil
Bajo el mismo cielo
2009 · Movie
as Fathia
Sisters
2009 · Movie
as Angela Di Biaggio
Occupation
2009 · TV Show
as Aliya Nabil
Body of Lies
2008 · Movie
as Aisha's Sister Cala
Une chaîne pour deux
2008 · Movie
as Corinne
Echo
2007 · Movie
as Carole
24 Bars
2007 · Movie
as Helly
Strangers
2007 · Movie
as Rana Sweid
L'île des esclaves
2006 · Movie
Paradise Now
2005 · Movie
as Suha
Changing Times
2004 · Movie
as Nadia
Exiles
2004 · Movie
as Naima
25 Degrees in Winter
2004 · Movie
as Loubna
Viva Algeria
2004 · Movie
as Goucem
A Minute of Sun Less
2003 · Movie
Almost Peaceful
2002 · Movie
as Jacqueline
Aram
2002 · Movie
as Méliné
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002 · Movie
as Self
Far Away
2001 · Movie
as Sarah
Les siestes Grenadine
1999 · Movie
as Mabrouka
Pure fiction
1998 · Movie
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Malin Fors
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