Maria Bakalova
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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
Credits
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
as Cosmo (voice)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)
as Tutar Sagdiyev
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
The Apprentice (2024)
as Ivana Trump
Dirty Angels (2024)
as The Bomb
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
as Bee
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)
Fairyland (2025)
as Paulette
O Horizon (2026)
as Abby
Mayday (2026)
as Anna Ustinov
Showdown in Manila (2016)
as Exchange Student
Floodplain (—)
Actor
The Honeymoon (2022)
as Sarah
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision (2021)
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Birds of Prey (—)
as Nina
Branded (—)
as Lilly
Electra (2025)
as Francesca
All Night Wrong (2026)
as Ell
Untitled Spy Comedy (—)
Actor
XIIa (2017)
as Milena
Triumph (2024)
as Slava Platnikova
Transgression (2018)
as Yana
God's Country (—)
Actor
I Don't Like You (2022)
Actor
Learning to Breathe Under Water (2026)
as Anya
The Father (2019)
as Valentina
Override (—)
as Rush
Women Do Cry (2022)
as Sonja
Juego de sombras (2024)
as Muse
Last Call (2020)
as Alexandra
My Masterpiece (—)
Actor
Double Blind (—)
Actor
Angels (2018)
as Angela
What Stays After (2025)
as Maggie