Maria Bakalova
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.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Bad Guys 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Oscars
All Movies (37)
- Mayday2026 · as Anna Ustinov
- Learning to Breathe Under Water2026 · as Anya
- O Horizon2026 · as Abby
- All Night Wrong2026 · as Ell
- Fairyland2025 · as Paulette
- The Bad Guys 22025 · as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
- What Stays After2025 · as Maggie
- Electra2025 · as Francesca
- Dirty Angels2024 · as The Bomb
- The Apprentice2024 · as Ivana Trump
- Triumph2024 · as Slava Platnikova
- Unfrosted2024 · as Rada Adzhubey
- Juego de sombras2024 · as Muse
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023 · as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023 · as Cosmo (voice)
- The Honeymoon2022 · as Sarah
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special2022 · as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
- Bodies Bodies Bodies2022 · as Bee
- The Bubble2022 · as Anika
- I Don't Like You2022
- Women Do Cry2022 · as Sonja
- Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision2021 · as Tutar Sagdiyev
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan2020 · as Tutar Sagdiyev
- Last Call2020 · as Alexandra
- The Father2019 · as Valentina
- Transgression2018 · as Yana
- Angels2018 · as Angela
- XIIa2017 · as Milena
- Showdown in Manila2016 · as Exchange Student
- Floodplain—
- Untitled Spy Comedy—
- Birds of Prey— · as Nina
- Branded— · as Lilly
- My Masterpiece—
- God's Country—
- Double Blind—
- Override— · as Rush
All TV Shows (11)
- Creature Commandos2024 · as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
- Creature Commandos2024 · as Princess Ilana (voice)
- Top Chef VIP2022 · as Self
- Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat2021 · as Tutar
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- Tipichno2013 · as Maria
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Tatar Sagdiyev
- The View1997 · as Self - Guest
- MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- The Oscars1953 · as Self