Lubna Azabal


Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress. She is known for her performances in Paradise Now and Incendies.

Biography

Lubna Azabal was born in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. She was raised trilingual.
She studying at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

Career

Azabal 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 English, French and Arabic.
Her most widely known film role is in the 2005 political thriller, Paradise Now. She appears in a smaller role in Ridley Scott's Body of Lies. She has a lead part alongside Maggie Gyllenhaal in Hugo Blick's 2014 BBC TV miniseries The Honourable Woman.
She starred opposite Ben Foster in the independent film Here.
In 2018, Azabal appeared as Susannah in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene.

Awards

Azabal won the Black Pearl Award 2010 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 and the Magritte Award for Best Actress at the 2nd Magritte Awards.

Selected filmography

Selected stage appearances

Awards