Highest rated as cast or director
Incendies
2010
The Blue Caftan
2023
Rebel
2022
The Honourable Woman
2014 · 1 Season
Paradise Now
2005
Amal
2024
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.
Acted in 81
2020s
- 2026
Malika
Zohra
A Turkish Case
Faïza Benseddik
Hot Water
Layla
- 2025
Ardennes
Anna Charou · 1 episode
- 2024
Rabia
Madame
Somewhere in Love
Norah
L'école des espions
Anne-Sophie de Noblecourt
Des blessures invisibles
Larivière
75Amal
Amal
- 2023
You Promised Me the Sea
Rabia
- 2022
The Love
Fatima Zahwani
Champion
Gloria
- 2021
Life Suits Me Well
Rita
Suicide Club
Anita
- 2020
Cheyenne & Lola
Rachida · 8 episodes
Le voleur de nuits
Claire Elgouarch
2010s
- 2019
The Collapse
Sofia Desmarest · 2 episodes
Adam
Abla
Hellhole
Samira
- 2018
Lockdown
Farah
Sofia
Leila
Tel Aviv on Fire
Tala
- 2017
Buğday
Beatrice
Banking District
Luna · 6 episodes
Catch the Wind
Nadia
Lola Pater
Malika
Ruby Is Dead
Alice Tanner
Light Thereafter
Soumaya
The Frozen Dead
Elizabeth Ferney · 6 episodes
- 2016
Betelgeuse
Sarah
My Revolution
Samia
Ustica: The Missing Paper
Valja
Trepalium
Lisbeth · 6 episodes
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
The Marchers
Kheira
Rock the Casbah
Kenza
Goodbye Morocco
Dounia
- 2011
Headwinds
La mère de Yamine
Free Men
Warba Shlimane alias Leila
Tout le monde descend
Leila El Fassi
Here
Gadarine Nazarian
- 2010
I Am Slave
Haleema
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Amel Zeroual
2000s
- 2009
Sisters
Angela Di Biaggio
Bajo el mismo cielo
Fathia
Occupation
Aliya Nabil · 3 episodes
Occupation
Aliya Nabil
- 2008
Une chaîne pour deux
Corinne
- 2007
24 Bars
Helly
Strangers
Rana Sweid
Echo
Carole
- 2006
L'île des esclaves
Movie
- 2005
- 2004
Exiles
Naima
25 Degrees in Winter
Loubna
Viva Algeria
Goucem
- 2003
A Minute of Sun Less
Movie
- 2002
Almost Peaceful
Jacqueline
Aram
Méliné
- 2001
Far Away
Sarah
1990s
- 1999
Les siestes Grenadine
Mabrouka
- 1998
No release date
Exils arte editions 2019
Naïma
Appearances2
2020s
- 2024
Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
Self - Actress
2000s
- 2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self