Cast & creator
Maria Bakalova
Best known for The Kelly Clarkson Show, The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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.
Also known as: Μαρία Βάλτσεβα Μπακάλοβα, 마리아 바카로바, 瑪莉亞·巴卡洛娃, มาเรีย บาคาโลวา, ماریا باکالوا
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1953–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (52)
Showing 52 of 52 credits
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tatar Sagdiyev
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Mayday
Anna Ustinov
2026
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Cosmo (voice)
2023
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Bad Guys 2
Pigtail Petrova (voice)
2025
The Oscars
Self
1953
Creature Commandos
Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
2024Creature Commandos
Princess Ilana (voice)
2024
Top Chef VIP
Self
2022
The Apprentice
Ivana Trump
2024
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Cosmo the Dog (voice)
2022
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Bee
2022
Dirty Angels
The Bomb
2024
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Tutar Sagdiyev
2020
Unfrosted
Rada Adzhubey
2024
The Bubble
Anika
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
2023
Borat's American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
Tutar
2021
Margie Claus
(voice)
2027
The Honeymoon
Sarah
2022The Honeymoon
Producer
2022
All Night Wrong
Ell
2026
Showdown in Manila
Exchange Student
2016
Fairyland
Paulette
2025No Way Off
Laura
Learning to Breathe Under Water
Anya
2026
Triumph
Slava Platnikova
2024Triumph
Producer
2024Override
Rush
XIIa
Milena
2017
Transgression
Yana
2018
The Father
Valentina
2019
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
Tutar Sagdiyev
2021
Tipichno
Maria
2013Floodplain
Branded
Lilly
O Horizon
Abby
2026Birds of Prey
Nina
Electra
Francesca
2025
Angels
Angela
2018My Masterpiece
Last Call
Alexandra
2020
God's Country
Untitled Spy Comedy
Women Do Cry
Sonja
2022
What Stays After
Maggie
2025
I Don't Like You
2022
Juego de sombras
Muse
2024