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
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Mayday (2026)
as Anna Ustinov
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
as Cosmo (voice)
The Bad Guys 2 (2025)
as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
The Apprentice (2024)
as Ivana Trump
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
as Bee
Dirty Angels (2024)
as The Bomb
Unfrosted (2024)
as Rada Adzhubey
The Bubble (2022)
as Anika
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
Margie Claus (2027)
as (voice)
The Honeymoon (2022)
as Sarah
All Night Wrong (2026)
as Ell
No Way Off (—)
as Laura
Fairyland (2025)
as Paulette
Showdown in Manila (2016)
as Exchange Student
Learning to Breathe Under Water (2026)
as Anya
XIIa (2017)
as Milena
Override (—)
as Rush
The Father (2019)
as Valentina
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision (2021)
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Transgression (2018)
as Yana
Floodplain (—)
Actor
Birds of Prey (—)
as Nina
O Horizon (2026)
as Abby
Triumph (2024)
as Slava Platnikova
Branded (—)
as Lilly
Angels (2018)
as Angela
God's Country (—)
Actor
My Masterpiece (—)
Actor
Electra (2025)
as Francesca
Untitled Spy Comedy (—)
Actor
Last Call (2020)
as Alexandra
What Stays After (2025)
as Maggie
Women Do Cry (2022)
as Sonja
I Don't Like You (2022)
Actor
Double Blind (—)
Actor
Juego de sombras (2024)
as Muse