Biyouna
Acting
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...
Best Performances
Highest rated appearances
Filmography
Belleville Cop
as Zohra
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
as Fatima
The Age of the Stateless
as Rada
On va manquer !
as The Mother
I Still Hide to Smoke
as Aïcha
La Voyante
as Yasmina
Take-Away Romance
as La grand-mère d'Amelle
The Three Brothers: The Return
as Grand-mère de Sarah
Queens of the Ring
as Fadela
Cheba Louisa
as Zohra
Mohamed Dubois
as Djamila
Bay of Algiers
as Bibi
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
as Biyouna
The Source
as Vieux Fusil
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
as Biyouna
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
as Biyouna
Holiday
as Eva Lopez
Bacon on the Side
as Houria
