
Maria Bakalova
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1996
- Birthplace
- Burgas, Bulgaria
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.
Filmography
- Get Off Your Phone
Get Off Your Phone TBA
as Rada
- Snake Island
Snake Island TBA
Actor
- No Way Off
No Way Off TBA
as Laura
- Override
Override TBA
as Rush
- Double Blind
Double Blind TBA
Actor

God's Country TBA
Actor
- My Masterpiece
My Masterpiece TBA
Actor

The Brand TBA
as Lilly
- Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey TBA
as Nina
- Untitled Spy Comedy
Untitled Spy Comedy TBA
Actor
- Floodplain
Floodplain TBA
Actor

Margie Claus 2027
as (voice)

Mayday 2026
as Anna Ustinov

All Night Wrong 2026
as Ell

Learning to Breathe Under Water 2026
as Anya

O Horizon 2026
as Abby

Fairyland 2025
as Paulette

The Bad Guys 2 2025
as Pigtail Petrova (voice)

What Stays After 2025
as Maggie

Electra 2025
as Francesca

Dirty Angels 2024
as The Bomb

The Apprentice 2024
as Ivana Trump

Triumph 2024
as Slava Platnikova, Producer

Unfrosted 2024
as Rada Adzhubey

Juego de sombras 2024
as Muse

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)

The Honeymoon 2022
as Sarah, Producer

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
Actor

Women Do Cry 2022
as Sonja

Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision 2021
as Tutar Sagdiyev

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2020
as Tutar Sagdiyev

Last Call 2020
as Alexandra

The Father 2019
as Valentina

Transgression 2018
as Yana

Angels 2018
as Angela

XIIa 2017
as Milena

Showdown in Manila 2016
as Exchange Student
Credits from TMDB.