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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Selected Filmography

• The Kelly Clarkson Show(2019)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The View(1997)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!(2003)TV Series · 1 epas Tatar Sagdiyev
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark(1988)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3(2023)as Cosmo (voice)
• The Bad Guys 2(2025)as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
• Mayday(2026)as Anna Ustinov
• MTV Movie & TV Awards(1992)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Presenter
• Creature Commandos(2024)TV Series · 5 epsas Princess Ilana (voice)
• The Oscars(1953)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Top Chef VIP(2022)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Apprentice(2024)as Ivana Trump
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special(2022)as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
• Dirty Angels(2024)as The Bomb
• Bodies Bodies Bodies(2022)as Bee
• Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(2020)as Tutar Sagdiyev
• The Bubble(2022)as Anika
• Unfrosted(2024)as Rada Adzhubey
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3(2023)as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
• Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat(2021)TV Series · 7 epsas Tutar