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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2019 • TV
1997 • TV
2025 • Movie
1988 • TV
2023 • Movie
1992 • TV
as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
as Cosmo (voice)
as Sarah
as The Bomb
as Alexandra
as Ivana Trump
as Sonja
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
as Tutar Sagdiyev
as Rada Adzhubey
as Valentina
as Francesca
as Bee
as Slava Platnikova
as Exchange Student
as Paulette
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
as Anika
as Maggie
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Producer
Producer
as Self
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Self - Presenter
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
2 episodes
as Princess Ilana (voice)
5 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Tutar
7 episodes
as Maria
3 episodes
