| Lubna Azabal لبنى أزابال | |
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| Birth name | Loubna Azabal |
| Born | Brussels, Belgium |
| 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 is a Belgian actress. She is known for her performances in Paradise Now and Incendies .
Lubna Azabal was born in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother. She was raised trilingual (French, Spanish and Berber). [1]
She studying at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ] 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 .[ citation needed ]
She starred opposite Ben Foster in the independent film Here (2011).[ citation needed ]
In 2018, Azabal appeared as Susannah in Helen Edmundson's film Mary Magdalene . [2]
Azabal won the Black Pearl Award 2010 (Abu Dhabi Film Festival) for Best Actress for her role in the film Incendies . [3] 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. [4]
