Maria Bakalova
Biography
Maria Bakalova is a Bulgarian actress born on June 4, 1996, in Burgas, Bulgaria. She began her career in Bulgarian cinema while attending the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. Bakalova has portrayed dramatic roles in various films, including Transgression, The Father, Last Call, and Women Do Cry. She gained prominence after starring in the 2020 mockumentary film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. The film earned her an Academy Award nomination. Bakalova has received various accolades, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award. She has known credits in 48 titles.
Career overview
Maria Bakalova is a Bulgarian actress born on June 4, 1996, in Burgas, Bulgaria. She began her career in Bulgarian cinema while attending the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. Bakalova has mostly portrayed dramatic roles in various films.
Bakalova's known credits include films such as Transgression, The Father, Last Call, and Women Do Cry. Her career gained prominence after she starred in the 2020 mockumentary film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. This role earned her a nomination for the Academy Award.
Bakalova has received various accolades, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award. She has also been nominated for other prestigious awards such as a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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- Mayday (2026) as Anna Ustinov
- Learning to Breathe Under Water (2026) as Anya
- O Horizon (2026) as Abby
- All Night Wrong (2026) as Ell
- The Bad Guys 2 (2025) as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
- Fairyland (2025) as Paulette
- What Stays After (2025) as Maggie
- Electra (2025) as Francesca
- Creature Commandos (2024) as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
- Creature Commandos (2024) as Princess Ilana (voice)
- The Apprentice (2024) as Ivana Trump
- Dirty Angels (2024) as The Bomb
- Unfrosted (2024) as Rada Adzhubey
- Triumph (2024) as Slava Platnikova
- Triumph (2024) Producer
- Juego de sombras (2024) as Muse
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Cosmo (voice)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
- Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) as Bee
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
- Top Chef VIP (2022) as Self
- The Bubble (2022) as Anika
- I Don't Like You (2022)
- The Honeymoon (2022) as Sarah
- The Honeymoon (2022) Producer
- Women Do Cry (2022) as Sonja
- Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat (2021) as Tutar
- Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision (2021) as Tutar Sagdiyev
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020) as Tutar Sagdiyev
- Last Call (2020) as Alexandra
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- The Father (2019) as Valentina
- Transgression (2018) as Yana
- Angels (2018) as Angela
- XIIa (2017) as Milena
- Showdown in Manila (2016) as Exchange Student
- Tipichno (2013) as Maria
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Tatar Sagdiyev
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Branded as Lilly
- Floodplain
- Override as Rush
- Untitled Spy Comedy
- God's Country
- My Masterpiece
- Birds of Prey as Nina
- Double Blind