Lubna AZABAL

Actress

Belgium

Lubna AZABAL © Dominique Charriau / Getty Images

After attending the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Lubna Azabal began her acting career in theater. In 1997, she got her first role in front of the camera in Vincent Lannoo’s short film J’adore le cinéma (I Love the Movies). She went on to work with directors such as Michel Deville, Ridley Scott, André Téchiné, Nadir Moknèche and Denis Villeneuve. She was noticed for her performance in Tony Gatlif’s Exils, which won Best Director Award at the Festival de Cannes in 2004. In 2018, she returned to Cannes with director Meryem Benm’Barek’s Sofia, which won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Screenplay. In 2019, she presented Adam by Maryam Touzani, with whom she was back in Cannes in 2022 for The Blue Caftan, which earned her a third Magritte Award for Best Actress in 2024.

Jury attendance

  • President La Cinef & Short Films, 2024

Feature films

EXILS

EXILS

Cinéma de la Plage, 2024Actress
REBEL

REBEL

Out of Competition, 2022Actress
LE BLEU DU CAFTAN

LE BLEU DU CAFTAN

Un Certain Regard, 2022Actress
ADAM

ADAM

Un Certain Regard, 2019
SOFIA

SOFIA

Un Certain Regard, 2018Actress
LES HOMMES LIBRES

LES HOMMES LIBRES

Cannes Classics, 2011Actress
EXILS

EXILS

In Competition - Feature Films, 2004Actress