Biyouna (Baya Bouzar)

Biyouna (بيونة), de son vrai nom Baya Bouzar (باية بوزار), est une actrice, chanteuse et danseuse algérienne née le 13 septembre 1952 à Belcourt, un quartier populaire d’Alger, et décédée le 25 novembre 2025 à l’hôpital de Beni Messous, à Alger, à l’âge de 73 ans, des suites d’un cancer du poumon. Figure majeure de la culture maghrébine, elle laisse l’image d’une artiste libre, populaire et profondément attachée à l'Algérie.​

Issue d’une famille où la musique tient une place importante, notamment grâce à sa sœur la chanteuse Leïla El Djazaïria, Biyouna se passionne très tôt pour le chant, la danse et la comédie. Adolescente, elle rejoint d’abord la troupe de Fadela Dziria, où elle assure les chœurs et joue des percussions, puis forme sa propre troupe avec laquelle elle anime mariages et fêtes populaires à Alger. À dix-sept ans, elle se produit déjà dans les cabarets de la capitale, avant de devenir danseuse au célèbre Copacabana à 19 ans, ce qui la fait remarquer dans le milieu artistique.​

Sa carrière d’actrice démarre au début des années 1970 lorsque le réalisateur Mustapha Badie la repère et lui confie le rôle de Fatma dans le feuilleton télévisé La Grande Maison, adapté du roman de Mohammed Dib. Ce premier grand rôle la rend instantanément populaire auprès du public algérien et lui ouvre les portes de la télévision et du cinéma, où son tempérament explosif, son humour et sa liberté de ton deviennent sa marque de fabrique. Elle s’illustre ensuite alternant mélodrames, comédies et one-woman-shows, et s’impose comme une figure incontournable du petit écran algérien.​

À partir de la fin des années 1990, Biyouna s'exporte en France, notamment avec le film Le Harem de Madame Osmane, puis La Voisine et Viva Laldjérie, qui la font connaître à un public plus large. En 2007, elle crève l’écran dans Délice Paloma, où elle incarne Madame Aldjéria, une matriarche mafieuse au charisme ravageur, rôle souvent considéré comme l’un des sommets de sa filmographie. Sa présence singulière, sa voix grave et sa capacité à mêler tragique et burlesque en font une actrice recherchée par de nombreux réalisateurs des deux rives de la Méditerranée.​

Parallèlement, Biyouna mène une vraie carrière musicale, sortant au début des années 2000 l’album Raid Zone, puis Une blonde Dans La Casbah, projets mêlant influences algériennes et arrangements contemporains franco-algériens. Elle participe aussi à des spectacles musicaux comme l’Opéra d’Casbah de Fellag et prête sa voix à divers projets. Elle devient également une star des séries télévisées, notamment avec Nass Mlah City, diffusée durant le Ramadan, et la série tunisienne Nsibti Laaziza, où ses personnages hauts en couleur marquent durablement le public maghrébin.​

Les dernières années de sa vie sont assombries par la maladie, un cancer du poumon contre lequel elle se bat pendant plusieurs années, régulièrement évoquée dans les médias algériens et français. Elle s’éteint le 25 novembre 2025 à Alger, à l’hôpital de Beni Messous, après une dégradation de son état de santé liée à des complications respiratoires. Elle laisse derrière elle une carrière de plus d’un demi-siècle et une immense popularité, symbole d’une femme artiste libre, audacieuse, drôle et émouvante, ayant su traverser les époques sans jamais renoncer à sa personnalité ni à sa langue, entre darija algérien, arabe dialectal et français.















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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 becoming a dancer at the famous Copacabana at nineteen, which brought her to the attention of the artistic community.

Her acting career began in the early 1970s when director Mustapha Badie spotted her and gave her the role of Fatma in the television series La Grande Maison, adapted from the novel by Mohammed Dib. This first major role made her instantly popular with the Algerian public and opened the doors of television and film for her, where her fiery temperament, humor, and outspokenness became her trademark. She then distinguished herself by alternating between melodramas, comedies, and one-woman shows, establishing herself as a key figure on Algerian television.

From the late 1990s onward, Biyouna's career took off in France, notably with the film Le Harem de Madame Osmane, followed by La Voisine and Viva Laldjérie, which brought her to the attention of a wider audience. In 2007, she captivated audiences in Délice Paloma, where she portrayed Madame Aldjéria, a charismatic mafia matriarch, a role often considered one of the highlights of her filmography. Her singular presence, her deep voice, and her ability to blend tragedy and comedy made her a sought-after actress for numerous directors on both sides of the Mediterranean.

At the same time, Biyouna pursued a successful musical career, releasing the album Raid Zone in the early 2000s, followed by Une blonde Dans La Casbah, projects blending Algerian influences with contemporary Franco-Algerian arrangements. She also participated in musical productions such as Fellag's Casbah Opera and lent her voice to various projects. She also became a star of television series, notably with Nass Mlah City, broadcast during Ramadan, and the Tunisian series Nsibti Laaziza, where her colorful characters left a lasting impression on Maghrebi audiences.

The last years of her life were overshadowed by illness, lung cancer, which she battled for several years and which was regularly discussed in the Algerian and French media. She passed away on November 25, 2025, in Algiers, at the Beni Messous hospital, after her health deteriorated due to respiratory complications. She leaves behind a career spanning more than half a century and immense popularity, a symbol of a free, audacious, funny, and moving female artist who navigated the changing times without ever abandoning her personality or her language, moving seamlessly between Algerian Darija, colloquial Arabic, and French.



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 becoming a dancer at the famous Copacabana at nineteen, which brought her to the attention of the artistic community.

Her acting career began in the early 1970s when director Mustapha Badie spotted her and gave her the role of Fatma in the television series La Grande Maison, adapted from the novel by Mohammed Dib. This first major role made her instantly popular with the Algerian public and opened the doors of television and film for her, where her fiery temperament, humor, and outspokenness became her trademark. She then distinguished herself by alternating between melodramas, comedies, and one-woman shows, establishing herself as a key figure on Algerian television.

From the late 1990s onward, Biyouna's career took off in France, notably with the film Le Harem de Madame Osmane, followed by La Voisine and Viva Laldjérie, which brought her to the attention of a wider audience. In 2007, she captivated audiences in Délice Paloma, where she portrayed Madame Aldjéria, a charismatic mafia matriarch, a role often considered one of the highlights of her filmography. Her singular presence, her deep voice, and her ability to blend tragedy and comedy made her a sought-after actress for numerous directors on both sides of the Mediterranean.

At the same time, Biyouna pursued a successful musical career, releasing the album Raid Zone in the early 2000s, followed by Une blonde Dans La Casbah, projects blending Algerian influences with contemporary Franco-Algerian arrangements. She also participated in musical productions such as Fellag's Casbah Opera and lent her voice to various projects. She also became a star of television series, notably with Nass Mlah City, broadcast during Ramadan, and the Tunisian series Nsibti Laaziza, where her colorful characters left a lasting impression on Maghrebi audiences.

The last years of her life were overshadowed by illness, lung cancer, which she battled for several years and which was regularly discussed in the Algerian and French media. She passed away on November 25, 2025, in Algiers, at the Beni Messous hospital, after her health deteriorated due to respiratory complications. She leaves behind a career spanning more than half a century and immense popularity, a symbol of a free, audacious, funny, and moving female artist who navigated the changing times without ever abandoning her personality or her language, moving seamlessly between Algerian Darija, colloquial Arabic, and French.















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