Maria Bakalova
Maria Valcheva Bakalova (born 4 June 1996) is a Bulgarian actress. She is best known for her role as Tutar Sagdiyev in the 2020 mockumentary Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. For her performance in the film, she won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress, and received nominations at the Academy Awards, the BAFTA Film Awards, the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Born and raised in Burgas, Bakalova began her career in Bulgarian cinema by starring in film productions while attending the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. She appeared in films such as Transgression (2017), The Father (2019), Last Call (2020) and Women Do Cry (2021). Since her international breakthrough in 2020, she has been a part of several American productions including Judd Apatow's The Bubble (2022) and the A24 horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022).
Acted in
Dirty Angels
2024
as The Bomb
Creature Commandos
2024
as Princess Ilana (voice)
The Apprentice
2024
as Ivana Trump
Triumph
2024
as Slava
Unfrosted
2024
as Rada Adzhubey
Juego de sombras
2024
as Muse
Electra
2024
as Francesca
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Cosmo (voice)
Fairyland
2023
as Paulette
The Honeymoon
2022
as Sarah
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
Bodies Bodies Bodies
2022
as Bee
The Bubble
2022
as Anika
I Don't Like You
2022
Women Do Cry
2022
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed “Sub-Acceptable” by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
2021
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Borat’s American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
2021
as Tutar
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
2020
as Tutar Sagdiyev
Last Call
2020
as Alexandra
The Father
2020
as Valentina
Transgression
2018
as Yana
Angels
2018
as Angela
XIIa
2017
as Milena
Showdown in Manila
2016
as Exchange Student
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Floodplain
Untitled Spy Comedy
Birdseye
as Nina
Branded
as Lilly
My Masterpiece
God's Country
O Horizon
as Abby
Mayday
All Night Wrong
as Ell