Acting
Maria Bakalova
EN, BG, ES cinema · 41 credits
Born
4 June 1996 (age 30)
Birthplace
Burgas, Bulgaria
Also known as Maria Valcheva Bakalova · Мария Вълчева Бакалова
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
Filmography
Branded
as Lilly
Override
Override
as Rush
No Way Off
No Way Off
as Laura
Margie Claus
as (voice)
O Horizon
as Abby
Mayday
as Anna Ustinov
Fairyland
as Paulette
Electra
as Francesca
The Bad Guys 2
as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
What Stays After
as Maggie
Unfrosted
as Rada Adzhubey
The Apprentice
as Ivana Trump
Triumph
as Slava Platnikova, Producer
Dirty Angels
as The Bomb
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Cosmo (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
The Honeymoon
as Sarah, Producer
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
The Bubble
as Anika
Women Do Cry
as Sonja
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Last Call
as Alexandra
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
as Tutar Sagdiyev
The Father
as Valentina
Transgression
as Yana
Angels
as Angela
XIIa
as Milena
Showdown in Manila
as Exchange Student