Maria Bakalova
Acting • Born 1996-06-04
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
46 credits
The Honeymoon
Movie • 2022
Sarah
Floodplain
Movie
Untitled Spy Comedy
Movie
Birds of Prey
Movie
Nina
I Don't Like You
Movie • 2022
Branded
Movie
Lilly
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie • 2023
Cosmo (voice)
My Masterpiece
Movie
God's Country
Movie
Unfrosted
Movie • 2024
Rada Adzhubey
Fairyland
Movie • 2025
Paulette
The Apprentice
Movie • 2024
Ivana Trump
Triumph
Movie • 2024
Slava Platnikova
Electra
Movie • 2024
Francesca
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Movie • 2022
Cosmo the Dog (voice)
Dirty Angels
Movie • 2024
The Bomb
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie • 2023
Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
Juego de sombras
Movie • 2024
Muse
O Horizon
Movie • 2025
Abby
Mayday
Movie • 2026
Anna Ustinov
Transgression
Movie • 2018
Yana
Angels
Movie • 2018
Angela
Last Call
Movie • 2020
Alexandra
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Movie • 2020
Tutar Sagdiyev
The Father
Movie • 2020
Valentina
XIIa
Movie • 2017
Milena
The Bubble
Movie • 2022
Anika
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Movie • 2022
Bee
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
Movie • 2021
Tutar Sagdiyev
Women Do Cry
Movie • 2022
Sonja
Showdown in Manila
Movie • 2016
Exchange Student
All Night Wrong
Movie
Ell
The Bad Guys 2
Movie • 2025
Pigtail Petrova (voice)
What Stays After
Movie • 2025
Maggie
Double Blind
Movie
Override
Movie
Rush
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
Borat’s American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
TV • 2021
Tutar
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Creature Commandos
TV • 2024
Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
Creature Commandos
TV • 2024
Princess Ilana (voice)
Tipichno
TV • 2013
Maria
Top Chef VIP
TV • 2022
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter