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Birth name | Loubna Azabal |
Born | Brussels, Belgium | 15 August 1973
Medium | Actress |
Nationality | Belgium Morocco |
Alma mater | Royal Conservatory of Brussels |
Years active | 1998–present |
Notable works and roles | Paradise Now Incendies The Honourable Woman |
Lubna Azabal (born 15 August 1973) is a Belgian actress of Moroccan–Spanish descent.
Azabal was born on 15 August 1973 in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. [1]
After studying at the Royal Conservatory 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.[ citation needed ] She performs in English, French and Arabic. She was raised trilingual (French, Spanish and Berber). [1]
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 .
Azabal won the Black Pearl Award 2010 (Abu Dhabi Film Festival) for Best Actress for her role in the film Incendies . [2] 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. [3] She starred opposite Ben Foster in the independent film Here (2011).
In 2018, Azabal appeared as Susannah in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene . [4]
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