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).
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
The Apprentice
Unfrosted
Juego de sombras
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Honeymoon
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Bodies Bodies Bodies
The Bubble
I Don't Like You
Women Do Cry
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed “Sub-Acceptable” by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
Borat’s American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Last Call
The Father
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Transgression
Angels
XIIa
Showdown in Manila
The View
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
Acting
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
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Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)