Lubna Azabal
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0459 |
| Birthday | 1973-08-15 |
| Place of Birth | Bruxelles, Belgium |
| Also Known As | לובנה אזאבל, 루브나 아자발, |
2005
Paradise Now
6.886/284
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
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Paradise Now
2008
Body of Lies
6.63/3301
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, sc...
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Body of Lies
2024
Somewhere in Love
6.2/16
Nicole and her son Serge live in a low-income housing estate in the Paris suburbs, where their love for each other thrives against all odds. But as Ch...
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Somewhere in Love
2007
Echo
3/2
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Echo
2002
Almost Peaceful
5.735/17
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restar...
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Almost Peaceful
2004
Changing Times
5.552/29
In Tangiers where he traveled for his work, a man finds the woman he loved, and attempts to revive their romance though it ended some 30 years earlier...
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Changing Times
2021
Suicide Club
7/1
A year after her daughter's suicide, Anita is still struggling and feels she is holding back her loved ones in their own grief. Desperate, she improvi...
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Suicide Club
2001
Far Away
5.808/13
Serge is a long distance lorry driver between Morocco andEurope. In Tangier, he tries to reconcile with his former girlfriend, Sarah. She has refused...
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Far Away
2010
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
6.205/100
Five brothers similar yet different, raised by a mother widowed too early. One of them had left the family when he returns, pursued by a gang of smugg...
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Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
Incendies
8.102/3247
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaime...
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Incendies
2004
Exiles
6.142/53
One day Zano suggest a crazy idea to his companion Naïma: travel across France and Spain down to Algeria, where they might ultimately come to know the...
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Exiles
2011
Headwinds
5.76/125
Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his chil...
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Headwinds
2010
I Am Slave
6.139/36
Based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer, the story unfolds as twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is abducted from her...
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I Am Slave
2016
Betelgeuse
5/1
Maybe this is the end. The red supergiant Betelgeuse is about to die and the gamma rays from the supernova could destroy life on Earth. Scientists are...
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Betelgeuse
2007
24 Bars
3.2/13
It is Christmas Eve. Separated from her young son, Helly struggles for money. A solitary man, Didier pays her to play his fiancée for the night. But t...
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24 Bars
2003
A Minute of Sun Less
9/1
Kamel Raoui, a young police inspector in Tanger, investigates the murder of drug-dealer Hakim Tahiri. The victim's mistress Touria, just living for he...
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A Minute of Sun Less
2011
Free Men
5.6/31
In Paris during WWII, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man. Based on not very known...
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Free Men
2024
L'école des espions
6/12
Young Zana, Inès, Alex, François, and Pierre have just enrolled in the Spy School. They will meet their teachers and learn the strategy and practice o...
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L'école des espions
2004
25 Degrees in Winter
5.5/6
An Ukranian woman enters Belgium illegally and hides in the van of a driver abandoned by his wife. He ends up helping her to find her husband who had...
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25 Degrees in Winter
2011
Coriolanus
5.849/492
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus, is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious...
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Coriolanus
2011
Here
5/25
Set against the gorgeous landscape of Armenia, Here chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Foster...
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Here
2022
Simone: Woman of the Century
7.892/381
Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic po...
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Simone: Woman of the Century
2002
Aram
6.3/5
Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished...
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Aram
2023
For My Country
6.144/66
Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of...
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For My Country
2023
The Blue Caftan
7.3/172
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship challenged by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
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The Blue Caftan
2007
Strangers
5.8/12
Six days in the lives of an Israeli living in a kibbutz and a Palestinian living in Paris, which starts with an accidental meeting in the Berlin Subwa...
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Strangers
2004
Viva Algeria
5.75/12
This movie portrays three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic fundamentalism, self-determination and dependence. Goucem...
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Viva Algeria
2013
Goodbye Morocco
4.8/12
Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be abl...
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Goodbye Morocco
2022
The Love
6.4/9
Rotterdam, the Moroccan-Dutch Karim tells his parents that he is attracted to men. After years of keeping up appearances, the word is finally out. The...
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The Love
2013
Rock the Casbah
6.3/24
The whole family is reunited when Sofia comes back for his father's funeral. Quickly, inner problems are revealed.
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Rock the Casbah
2023
You Promised Me the Sea
5.7/19
Rennes, nowadays. Saïd still lives with his parents. He is having a secret affair with Vincent. Unable to face his family, he agrees to an arranged ma...
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You Promised Me the Sea
2009
Occupation
7.8/12
Three ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.
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Occupation
2009
Bajo el mismo cielo
2/1
A pair of Moroccan immigrants in Spain splits apart. He returns to Morocco because he only find precarious jobs and his wife decides to stay. Their da...
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Bajo el mismo cielo
2013
The Marchers
6.3/73
In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for e...
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The Marchers
2024
Amal
7.8/28
An idealistic and passionate literature teacher in a suburban Brussels school becomes the target of intense hostility from students and colleagues tie...
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Amal
2024
Rabia
6.487/39
Driven by the promise of a new life, Jessica and her best friend Laila left for Syria to join Daech. But when they arrive, they find themselves locked...
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Rabia
2024
Des blessures invisibles
6.4/7
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Des blessures invisibles
2022
Champion
6.6/6
At 24 years old, Zack has all the appearances of a young man who feels good in his own skin. His secret is well kept. He's talented carpenter, he buil...
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Champion
2017
Buğday
5.8/32
The global corporations have established cities and agricultural zones in areas where the climate is relatively good. These cities are populated by th...
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Buğday
2011
Tout le monde descend
0/0
Pierre-Antoine has a senior position at a famous consultancy firm. When his bosses are arrested for fraud, he must take on a simple position as an adv...
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Tout le monde descend
2021
Life Suits Me Well
6.3/3
Mid-1990s, little town in Morocco and seemingly ordinary family. Fouad is dedicated to his work in local postal services. He is climbing the signal po...
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Life Suits Me Well
1999
Les siestes Grenadine
10/1
Wahid and his daughter Soufiya return to Tunisia after a long stay in West Africa.Wahid would like to transform Soufiya into a real Tunisian, a true d...
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Les siestes Grenadine
2016
Ustica: The Missing Paper
5.5/46
On the evening of June 27, 1980, a DC9 of the private airline Itavia disappeared from radar screens without sending any emergency signal. The aircraft...
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Ustica: The Missing Paper
2016
My Revolution
5.8/8
The Arab Spring in Paris: Head over heels in love, Marwann, aged 14, hopes to win over Sygrid by cleverly re-inventing himself as a revolutionary. Que...
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My Revolution
2024
Maldoror
6.395/105
When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a...
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Maldoror
2017
Light Thereafter
7/3
Pavel, an emotionally volatile and socially alienated young man, sets off across Europe in search of his idol, the enigmatic painter Arnaud. Desperate...
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Light Thereafter
2024
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
6.8/6
The story of the rise to stardom of Joaquin Phoenix, an actor of magnetic physique, tumultuous past, socially committed, who for years has offered out...
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Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2017
Lola Pater
6/31
When his mother dies, Zino decides to look for his father, Farid. But twenty-five years ago, Farid became Lola.
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Lola Pater
2018
Mary Magdalene
6.32/575
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radi...
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Mary Magdalene
2008
Une chaîne pour deux
0/0
Victor Granville, owner of a bicycle factory that bears his name, learns that he is seriously ill and hands over his SME to the New Deal group, a larg...
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Une chaîne pour deux
2009
Sisters
5.2/13
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only b...
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Sisters
2017
Catch the Wind
5.9/19
Edith, a 45-year-old textile factory worker, sees her life turned upside down by the company’s downsizing measures. Estranged from her son and without...
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Catch the Wind
2017
Ruby Is Dead
5.4/14
The body of a teenager is found in a river.
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Ruby Is Dead
2017
Above the Law
5.9/124
Frank Valken, high-flying robber, has just made a final masterful break. At least that’s what he believes… Ideal suspects, Valken and his gang find th...
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Above the Law
2018
A Bluebird in My Heart
5.84/131
An ex-con's attempts to live a quiet life are derailed when the daughter of the woman sheltering him is the victim of a vicious attack.
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A Bluebird in My Heart
2018
Sofia
6.2/49
Sofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Suffering from pregnancy denial, she finds herself breaking the law by giving birth to a baby out of...
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Sofia
2019
Hellhole
3.778/9
Three starkly different people deal with the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Brussels in May 2016. A Flemish doctor, whose son is a fighter jet...
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Hellhole
2018
Tel Aviv on Fire
6.7/112
Salam, an inexperienced young Palestinian man, becomes a writer on a popular soap opera after a chance meeting with an Israeli soldier. His creative c...
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Tel Aviv on Fire
2013
Le Donne della Vucciria
5.7/3
In “Le Donne della Vucciria”, sixth Miu Miu Women’s Tale, Palestinian female director Hiam Abbass contemplates the transformative power of clothes, mu...
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Le Donne della Vucciria
2019
Adam
6.9/80
Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter Warda. Their routine of housework and h...
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Adam
1998
Pure fiction
7/1
Film based on the infamous 'Marc Dutroux' case that shook Belgium to its core.
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Pure fiction
2018
Lockdown
6/3
In his own natural habitat, the infamous Brussels' neighbourhood Molenbeek that appeared in the international news several times after terrorist attac...
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Lockdown
2022
Rebel
7.9/62
Kamal resolves to change his life for the better, and so leaves Belgium to help victims of the war in Syria. But when he arrives, he is forced to join...
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Rebel
2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
7/1
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...
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A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2006
L'île des esclaves
0/0
Shipwrecked by a storm on Slave Island, the survivors are forced, according to the law of this Republic, to exchange their status: from master, Iphicr...
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L'île des esclaves
2026
Hot Water
0/0
After he's kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom wind up on a road trip across the West for the first time.
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Hot Water
Malika
0/0
A biopic of Malika Bellaribi, a French-Algerian woman who grew up in the Parisian projects, who survived trauma and ultimately achieved her dream of b...
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Malika
Une affaire turque
0/0
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