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Maria Bakalova

Maria Bakalova

Actor · Born 1996-06-04 · Burgas, Bulgaria

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Biography

Maria Valcheva Bakalova (/bəˈkɑːləvə/ bə-KAH-lə-və; born 4 June 1996) is a Bulgarian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.  Born and raised in Burgas, Bakalova began her career in Bulgarian cinema while attending the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. She mostly portrayed dramatic roles in films such as Transgression (2017), The Father (2019), Last Call (2020), and Women Do Cry (2021). She rose to prominence after starring in the 2020 mockumentary film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.  Bakalova has since starred in films of various genres, including Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and The Apprentice (2024). She has also had voice roles, including in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Cosmo the Spacedog and in the DC Universe series Creature Commandos (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Bakalova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) — Cosmo (voice)
  2. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020) — Tutar Sagdiyev
  3. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) — Cosmo the Dog (voice)
  4. Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) — Bee
  5. The Apprentice (2024) — Ivana Trump
  6. The Bad Guys 2 (2025) — Pigtail Petrova (voice)
  7. The Bubble (2022) — Anika
  8. Dirty Angels (2024) — The Bomb
  9. Unfrosted (2024) — Rada Adzhubey
  10. Creature Commandos (2024) — Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
  11. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Tatar Sagdiyev
  12. The View (1997) — Self - Guest
  13. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  14. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
  15. LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) — Self - Guest
  16. Showdown in Manila (2016) — Exchange Student
  17. The Honeymoon (2022) — Sarah
  18. Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat (2021) — Tutar
  19. Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision (2021) — Tutar Sagdiyev
  20. Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) — Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
  21. Top Chef VIP (2022) — Self
  22. Fairyland (2025) — Paulette
  23. MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) — Self - Presenter
  24. Women Do Cry (2022) — Sonja
  25. The Father (2019) — Valentina
  26. Triumph (2024) — Slava Platnikova
  27. XIIa (2017) — Milena
  28. Electra (2025) — Francesca
  29. Creature Commandos (2014) — Princess Ilana (Voice)
  30. Transgression (2018) — Yana
  31. Floodplain
  32. Untitled Spy Comedy
  33. Birds of Prey — Nina
  34. I Don't Like You (2022)
  35. Branded — Lilly
  36. My Masterpiece
  37. God's Country
  38. Juego de sombras (2024) — Muse
  39. O Horizon (2026) — Abby
  40. Mayday (2026) — Anna Ustinov