Biyouna
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 si...
Known For
Filmography
EDAMMA
2023
Le Grand Bazar
2019
as Khaddoudj
On va manquer !
2018
as The Mother
Belleville Cop
2018
as Zohra
The Age of the Stateless
2018
as Rada
Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !
2018
as Fatima
I Still Hide to Smoke
2017
as Aïcha
Amanda
2016
as Self
Take-Away Romance
2014
as La grand-mère d'Amelle
La Voyante
2014
as Yasmina
The Three Brothers: The Return
2014
as Grand-mère de Sarah
Cheba Louisa
2013
as Zohra
Mohamed Dubois
2013
as Djamila
Queens of the Ring
2013
as Fadela
Aïcha : Vacances infernales
2012
as Biyouna
Bay of Algiers
2012
as Bibi
The Source
2011
as Vieux Fusil
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
2011
as Biyouna
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
2011
as Biyouna
Holiday
2010
as Eva Lopez
Bacon on the Side
2010
as Houria
My Dear Mother-in-law
2010
as Barisa
Aïcha
2009
as Biyouna
Tomboy
2008
as Lela
Délice Paloma
2007
as Zineb Agha / Madame Aldjéria
Beur Blanc Rouge
2006
as La mère de Wassila
On n'est pas couché
2006
as Self - Guest
Where Fig Trees Grow
2005
as Fatima
Viva Algeria
2004
as Papicha
Nass Mlah City
2003
La Voisine
2002
The Harem of Madame Osmane
2000
as Meriem
Les Vacances de l'apprenti
1999
The Casbah of Algiers
1993
Children of the Sun
1991
as Zainab
A Hand for the Witch
1991
Hassan Terro au Maquis
1978
Leila and the Others
1977
as Malika
L’Incendie (El Harik)
1974