Lubna Azabal
Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress, born 1973 in Brussels to a Moroccan father and a Spanish mother.[1] After studying 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.[citation needed] She performs in both French and Arabic films. She was raised trilingual (French, Spanish and Berber).[1] She also speaks some English and Arabic.
Her most widely known role is in the 2005 Palestinian political thriller, Paradise Now. She appears in a smaller role in Ridley Scott's Body of Lies.
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).
Selected filmography
- Pure Fiction (1998)
- Les Siestes grenadine (1999)
- Loin (2001)
- Aram (2002)
- Une minute de soleil en moins (2002)
- 25 degrés en hiver (2004)
- Exils (2004)
- Changing Times (Les temps qui changent) (2004)
- Viva Laldjérie (2004)
- Paradise Now (2005)
- Strangers (2007)
- Occupation (2009)
- Captifs (2010)
- Incendies (2010)
- I Am Slave (2010)
- Coriolanus (2011)
- Here (2011)
- Rock the Casbah (2013)
- The Honourable Woman (2014) TV miniseries
Selected stage appearances
- Dona Rosita 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
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Belgische actrice Lubna Azabal schittert in ‘Incendies’." (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.
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