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).
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Full filmography
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Tatar Sagdiyev
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- The Bad Guys 2 (2025) as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Cosmo (voice)
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Creature Commandos (2024) as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
- Creature Commandos (2024) as Princess Ilana (voice)
- Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) as Bee
- Dirty Angels (2024) as The Bomb
- The Apprentice (2024) as Ivana Trump
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020) as Tutar Sagdiyev
- Top Chef VIP (2022) as Self
- The Bubble (2022) as Anika
- Unfrosted (2024) as Rada Adzhubey
- Mayday (2026) as Anna Ustinov
- Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat (2021) as Tutar
- Fairyland (2025) as Paulette
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
- O Horizon (2026) as Abby
- Showdown in Manila (2016) as Exchange Student