Lubna Azabal (born 15 August 1973) is a Belgian actress.
| Lubna Azabal | |
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| Birth name | Loubna Azabal |
| Born | 15 August 1973 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 |
Career
editAzabal 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]
Selected filmography
edit- Pure Fiction (1998)
- Les Siestes grenadine (1999) - Mabrouka
- Loin (2001) - Sarah
- Almost Peaceful (2002) - Jacqueline
- Aram (2002) - Méliné
- Une minute de soleil en moins (2002, TV Movie) - Touria
- 25 degrés en hiver (2004) - Loubna
- Viva Laldjérie (2004) - Goucem
- Exils (2004) - Naima
- Changing Times (Les temps qui changent) (2004) - Nadia / Aïcha
- Paradise Now (2005) - Suha
- Strangers (2007) - Rana Sweid
- 24 mesures (2007) - Helly
- Body of Lies (2008) - Aisha's Sister Cala
- Occupation (2009, TV mini-series) - Aliya Nabil
- Gamines (2009) - Angela Di Biaggio
- Une chaîne pour deux (2009) - Corinne
- Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010) - Amel Zeroual
- Incendies (2010) - Nawal Marwan
- I Am Slave (2010)
- Captifs (2010)
- Here (2011) - Gadarine Nazarian
- Coriolanus (2011) - First Citizen (Tamora)
- Lipstikka (2011)
- Free Men (2011) - Leila
- Headwinds (2011) - La mère de Yamine
- Goodbye Morocco (2012) - Dounia
- Rock the Casbah (2013) - Kenza
- The Marchers (2013) - Kheira
- The Honourable Woman (2014, TV mini-series) - Atika Halabi
- Grain (2015)
- Ustica: The Missing Paper (2016) - Valja Bogdani
- The Frozen Dead (2016-2017, TV Series) - Elisabeth Ferney
- Light Thereafter (2017) - Soumaya
- Lola Pater (2017) - Malika, Zino's mother
- Grain (2017) - Beatrice
- Catch the Wind (2017) - Nadia
- Above the Law (2017) - Lucie Tesla
- Mary Magdalene (2018) - Susannah
- A Bluebird in My Heart (2018) - Nadia
- Sofia (2018) - Leila
- Tel Aviv on Fire (2018) - Tala / Manal aka Rachel
- Hellhole (2019) - Samira
- Adam (2019) - Abla
- The Blue Caftan (2022) - Mina
- El Houb (The Love) (2022) - Fatima Zahwani
- Amal (2023)
- Maldoror (2024)
- Somewhere In Love (2024)
- Rabia (2024)
Selected stage appearances
edit- Doña Rosita la soltera by Federico García Lorca (1999)
- L’Horloge et le désert by Ghassan Kanafani (2000)
- Une nuit arabe by Roland Schimmelpfenning (2002)
- Le Tampon vert by Aziz Chouaki (2003)
- L’Île aux esclaves by Marivaux (2006)
Awards
edit- Winner: 2023 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Best Actress for Amal
- Nominated: 2022 Magritte Award - Best Actress for Adam
- Nominated: 2020 Magritte Award - Best Actress for Tel Aviv on Fire
- Winner: 2019 Magritte Award - Best Actress for Above the Law
- Winner: 2015 Magritte Award - Best Supporting Actress for The Marchers
- Nominated: 2014 Magritte Award - Best Actress for Goodbye Marocco
- Winner: 2012 Magritte Award - Best Actress for Incendies
- Winner: 2011 31st Genie Awards - Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Incendies
- Winner: 2011 Jutra Award - Best Actress for Incendies
- Winner: 2011 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film for Incendies
- Winner: 2007 Jerusalem Film Festival - Most Promising Actress for Strangers
References
edit- ^ a b "Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen. Belgische actrice Lubna Azabal schittert in ‘Incendies’." (in Dutch) Cinefilm, Bloggen.be
- ^ "Lebanese filmmakers financially feted at Abu Dhabi Film Festival" October 25, 2010, The Daily Star (Lebanon)
- ^ "Villeneuve's Incendies wins eight Genies, including best picture". The Globe and Mail, March 10, 2011.
- ^ "Movie Review: 'Mary Magdalene' Offers an Inspired Revisionist Take on an Age-Old Story".
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