Born Baya Bouzar in Belouizdad (Belcourt) on September 13, 1952, Biyouna is a popular star in Algeria and throughout the Algerian diaspora. Best known for her television and film roles, Biyouna is above all a free woman's voice who knows how to make herself heard. Biyouna made her name in 1973 in the soap opera La Grande Maison, where she played the character of Fatma. From then on, this liberated woman, whose morals often upset Algerian society, was a hit. Biyouna returned to song in 2001 with Raid Zone, in which her extraordinary personality is omnipresent. Produced with the help of Joseph Racaille, 2006's Blonde dans la Casbah is once again inhabited by her deep voice as an inveterate smoker. Between the films Délice Paloma (2007)and La Source des Femmes (2011), and her many sitcom appearances, Biyouna is constantly in the news. After an appearance on Julien Dorée's album Bichon, French comic Ramzy gave Biyouna the show Biyouna! at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris in January 2012. On November 25, 2025, Biyouna died in Algiers of lung cancer at the age of 73.
