Maria Bakalova
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1996-06-04 (age 30)
- Place of birth
- Burgas, Bulgaria
- Also known as
- Μαρία Βάλτσεβα Μπακάλοβα · 마리아 바카로바 · 瑪莉亞·巴卡洛娃 · มาเรีย บาคาโลวา · ماریا باکالوا
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (10)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Tatar Sagdiyev
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Creature Commandos
2024
as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice) / Princess Ilana (voice)
Top Chef VIP
2022
as Self
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
2021
as Tutar
Tipichno
2013
as Maria
Movies (36)
The Bad Guys 2
2025
as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Cosmo (voice)
Bodies Bodies Bodies
2022
as Bee
Dirty Angels
2024
as The Bomb
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
2020
as Tutar Sagdiyev
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
The Apprentice
2024
as Ivana Trump
Unfrosted
2024
as Rada Adzhubey
Mayday
2026
as Anna Ustinov
The Bubble
2022
as Anika
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
Fairyland
2025
as Paulette
Triumph
2024
as Slava Platnikova
Electra
2025
as Francesca
The Honeymoon
2022
as Sarah
O Horizon
2026
as Abby
Showdown in Manila
2016
as Exchange Student
Birds of Prey
as Nina
God's Country
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
2021
as Tutar Sagdiyev
All Night Wrong
2026
as Ell
Women Do Cry
2022
as Sonja
Untitled Spy Comedy
Floodplain
Transgression
2018
as Yana
The Father
2019
as Valentina
XIIa
2017
as Milena
Override
as Rush
Double Blind
What Stays After
2025
as Maggie
I Don't Like You
2022
Last Call
2020
as Alexandra
Branded
as Lilly
My Masterpiece
Juego de sombras
2024
as Muse
Angels
2018
as Angela
About Maria Bakalova
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)… With 46 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Maria Bakalova has appeared in 36 films and 10 TV shows.
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- The Bad Guys 2 (2025) — as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) — as Cosmo (voice)
- Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) — as Bee
- Dirty Angels (2024) — as The Bomb
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020) — as Tutar Sagdiyev
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