Maria Bakalova

Born: 1996-06-04 in Burgas, Bulgaria

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2025

The Bad Guys 2 as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
Fairyland as Paulette
O Horizon as Abby
What Stays After as Maggie

2024

Dirty Angels as The Bomb
Electra as Francesca
Creature Commandos as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
The Apprentice as Ivana Trump
Unfrosted as Rada Adzhubey
Triumph as Slava Platnikova
Juego de sombras as Muse

2020

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
The Father as Valentina
Last Call as Alexandra

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self

2018

Transgression as Yana
Angels as Angela

2017

XIIa as Milena

2016

Showdown in Manila as Exchange Student

2013

Tipichno as Maria

1997

The View as Self - Guest

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1953

The Oscars as Self