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Maria Bakalova

Actor

Maria Bakalova

Born June 4, 1996 in Burgas, Bulgaria38 films

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.

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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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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 posterFirst watchGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 320237.9as Cosmo (voice)Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own.View film

Essential films

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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special poster7.1The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special2022Mayday poster8.0Mayday2026The Bad Guys 2 poster7.6The Bad Guys 22025Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan poster6.4Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan2020The Apprentice poster6.8The Apprentice2024Bodies Bodies Bodies poster6.1Bodies Bodies Bodies2022Dirty Angels poster6.1Dirty Angels2024Unfrosted poster5.4Unfrosted2024

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. TBAFloodplain
  2. TBAUntitled Spy Comedy
  3. TBABirds of PreyNina
  4. TBABrandedLilly
  5. TBAMy Masterpiece
  6. TBAGod's Country
  7. TBADouble Blind
  8. TBAOverrideRush
  9. TBANo Way OffLaura
  10. 2027Margie Claus(voice)
  11. 2026MaydayAnna Ustinov
  12. 2026All Night WrongEll
  13. 2026Learning to Breathe Under WaterAnya
  14. 2026O HorizonAbby
  15. 2025FairylandPaulette
  16. 2025The Bad Guys 2Pigtail Petrova (voice)
  17. 2025What Stays AfterMaggie
  18. 2025ElectraFrancesca
  19. 2024Dirty AngelsThe Bomb
  20. 2024The ApprenticeIvana Trump
  21. 2024TriumphSlava Platnikova
  22. 2024UnfrostedRada Adzhubey
  23. 2024Juego de sombrasMuse
  24. 2023Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Cosmo (voice)
  25. 2022The HoneymoonSarah
  26. 2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday SpecialCosmo the Dog (voice)
  27. 2022Bodies Bodies BodiesBee
  28. 2022The BubbleAnika
  29. 2022I Don't Like You
  30. 2022Women Do CrySonja
  31. 2021Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and CircumcisionTutar Sagdiyev
  32. 2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of KazakhstanTutar Sagdiyev
  33. 2020Last CallAlexandra
  34. 2019The FatherValentina
  35. 2018TransgressionYana
  36. 2018AngelsAngela
  37. 2017XIIaMilena
  38. 2016Showdown in ManilaExchange Student