Maria Bakalova
Known For
Acting
Born
1996-06-04 in Burgas, Bulgaria
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Bakalova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
The View
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Cosmo (voice)
The Bad Guys 2
as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
The Oscars
as Self
Creature Commandos
as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
Creature Commandos
as Princess Ilana (voice)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
Dirty Angels
as The Bomb
Unfrosted
as Rada Adzhubey
Fairyland
as Paulette
The Apprentice
as Ivana Trump
Top Chef VIP
as Self
Bodies Bodies Bodies
as Bee
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Floodplain
Branded
as Lilly
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)