- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 13, 1952
- Place of Birth
- Alger, Algeria
- Died
- November 25, 2025
Biyouna
Biyouna (بيونة), whose real name was Baya Bouzar (باية بوزار), was an Algerian actress, singer, and dancer born on September 13, 1952, in Belcourt, a working-class neighborhood of Algiers, and died on November 25, 2025, at the Beni Messous Hospital in Algiers, at the age of 73, from lung cancer. A major figure in Maghrebi culture, she is remembered as a free-spirited, popular artist deeply attached to Algeria. Born into a family where music played a significant role, particularly through her sister, the singer Leïla El Djazaïria, Biyouna developed a passion for singing, dancing, and acting at a very young age. As a teenager, she first joined Fadela Dziria's troupe, where she sang in the choir and played percussion, before forming her own group with which she performed at weddings and popular festivals in Algiers. By seventeen, she was already performing in the capital's cabarets, before…
Filmography
EDAMMA
tvEDAMMA
2023
tvLe Grand Bazar
2019 · Khaddoudj
movieBelleville Cop
2018 · Zohra
movieNeuilly sa mère, sa mère !
2018 · Fatima
movieThe Age of the Stateless
2018 · Rada
movieOn va manquer !
2018 · The Mother
movieI Still Hide to Smoke
2017 · Aïcha
Amanda
tvAmanda
2016 · Self
movieLa Voyante
2014 · Yasmina
movieTake-Away Romance
2014 · La grand-mère d'Amelle
movieThe Three Brothers: The Return
2014 · Grand-mère de Sarah
movieQueens of the Ring
2013 · Fadela
movieCheba Louisa
2013 · Zohra
movieMohamed Dubois
2013 · Djamila
movieBay of Algiers
2012 · Bibi
movieAïcha : Vacances infernales
2012 · Biyouna
movieThe Source
2011 · Vieux Fusil
movieAïcha : La grande débrouille
2011 · Biyouna
movieAïcha : Job à tout prix
2011 · Biyouna
movieHoliday
2010 · Eva Lopez
movieBacon on the Side
2010 · Houria
tvMy Dear Mother-in-law
2010 · Barisa
movieAïcha
2009 · Biyouna
movieTomboy
2008 · Lela
movieDélice Paloma
2007 · Zineb Agha / Madame Aldjéria
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
movieBeur Blanc Rouge
2006 · La mère de Wassila
Where Fig Trees Grow
movieWhere Fig Trees Grow
2005 · Fatima
movieViva Algeria
2004 · Papicha
tvNass Mlah City
2003
movieLa Voisine
2002
movieThe Harem of Madame Osmane
2000 · Meriem
movieLes Vacances de l'apprenti
1999
movieThe Casbah of Algiers
1993
movieChildren of the Sun
1991 · Zainab
movieHassan Terro au Maquis
1978
movieLeila and the Others
1977 · Malika
tvL’Incendie (El Harik)
1974
يد الساحرة
movieيد الساحرة
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