Maria Bakalova
Maria Bakalova
Biography
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
Actor
as Nina
as Lilly
as Abby
as Ell
as The Bomb
as Ivana Trump
as Slava
as Rada Adzhubey
as Muse
as Francesca
as Princess Ilana (voice)
as Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)
as Cosmo (voice)
as Paulette
as Sarah
as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
as Bee
as Anika
as Sonja
as Tutar Sagdiyev
as Alexandra
as Valentina
as Yana
as Angela
as Milena
as Exchange Student
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Self
Producer
as Producer
as Producer