Maria Bakalova

Born
Jun 4, 1996 (28 years old)

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).

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).

Known For

Filmography

2025The Bad Guys 2 as Pigtail (voice)
2024Dirty Angels as The Bomb
2024The Apprentice as Ivana Trump
2024Triumph as Slava Platnikova
2024Unfrosted as Rada Adzhubey
2024Juego de sombras as Muse
2024Electra as Francesca
2024Creature Commandos as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
2024Creature Commandos as Princess Ilana (voice)
2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
2023Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Cosmo (voice)
2023Fairyland as Paulette
2022The Honeymoon as Sarah
2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
2022Bodies Bodies Bodies as Bee
2022The Bubble as Anika
2022I Don't Like You
2022Women Do Cry as Sonja
2021Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed “Sub-Acceptable” by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision as Tutar Sagdiyev
2021Borat’s American Lockdown & Debunking Borat as Tutar
2020Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev
2020Last Call as Alexandra
2020The Father as Valentina
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show
2018Transgression as Yana
2018Angels as Angela
2017XIIa as Milena
2016Showdown in Manila as Exchange Student
2013Tipichno as Maria
1997The View as Self - Guest
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953The Oscars as Self