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)
Mayday (2026)
as Anna Ustinov
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 Apprentice (2024)
as Ivana Trump
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
Dirty Angels (2024)
as The Bomb
Unfrosted (2024)
as Rada Adzhubey
XIIa (2017)
as Milena
The Bubble (2022)
as Anika
Last Call (2020)
as Alexandra
Learning to Breathe Under Water (2026)
as Anya
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
Branded (—)
as Lilly
Floodplain (—)
Actor
Fairyland (2025)
as Paulette
Triumph (2024)
as Slava Platnikova
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision (2021)
as Tutar Sagdiyev
The Father (2019)
as Valentina
Transgression (2018)
as Yana
Showdown in Manila (2016)
as Exchange Student
I Don't Like You (2022)
Actor
Override (—)
as Rush
Untitled Spy Comedy (—)
Actor
The Honeymoon (2022)
as Sarah
What Stays After (2025)
as Maggie
God's Country (—)
Actor
O Horizon (2026)
as Abby
All Night Wrong (2026)
as Ell
Women Do Cry (2022)
as Sonja
My Masterpiece (—)
Actor
Birds of Prey (—)
as Nina
Angels (2018)
as Angela
Juego de sombras (2024)
as Muse
Double Blind (—)
Actor
Electra (2025)
as Francesca