---
name: "Maria Bakalova"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maria-bakalova"
fi1m_id: "maria-bakalova"
imdb_id: "nm7210025"
tmdb_id: 2408703
wikidata_id: "Q100740782"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 June 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-12T20:02:32.603022+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Maria Bakalova

## Identity

Maria Bakalova

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maria-bakalova
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maria-bakalova
- **IMDb ID:** nm7210025
- **TMDB ID:** 2408703
- **Wikidata ID:** Q100740782
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Bakalova, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100740782, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7210025/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2408703

Actor. Born 4 June 1996 in Burgas, Bulgaria.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 June 1996, Burgas, Bulgaria
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Also known as:** Μαρία Βάλτσεβα Μπακάλοβα, 마리아 바카로바, 瑪莉亞·巴卡洛娃, มาเรีย บาคาโลวา, ماریا باکالوا
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, History 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $863m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Bakalova, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100740782, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7210025/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2408703

## Coming up

- *Margie Claus* (2027-11-04), as (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3*](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.md) (71)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Apprentice*](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md) (61)
- **Tubi:** [*Electra*](https://film.one/film/electra-2025.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Maria Bakalova is a Bulgarian actress. Born on 4 June 1996 in Burgas, she studied at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia.

She began her career in Bulgarian films including *Transgression* (2017) and *The Father* (2019). Bakalova rose to international prominence with her role as Tutar Sagdiyev in *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* (2020), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Subsequent credits include *Bodies Bodies Bodies* (2022) and the voice of Cosmo in *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (2023). She portrayed Ivana Trump in *The Apprentice* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, marvel.com, vanityfair.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Electra* (2025), Fi1m 56, as Francesca — [page](https://film.one/film/electra-2025.md)
- *The Apprentice* (2024), Fi1m 61, as Ivana Trump — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (2023), Fi1m 71, as Cosmo (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Margie Claus* (2027), as (voice)
- *Mayday* (2026), as Anna Ustinov
- *All Night Wrong* (2026), as Ell
- *Learning to Breathe Under Water* (2026), as Anya
- *O Horizon* (2026), as Abby
- *Fairyland* (2025), as Paulette
- *The Bad Guys 2* (2025), as Pigtail Petrova (voice)
- *What Stays After* (2025), as Maggie
- *Electra* (2025), as Francesca — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/electra-2025.md)
- *Dirty Angels* (2024), as The Bomb
- *Creature Commandos* (2024), series, as Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice), Princess Ilana (voice)
- *The Apprentice* (2024), as Ivana Trump — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apprentice.md)
- *Triumph* (2024), as Slava Platnikova · Producer
- *Unfrosted* (2024), as Rada Adzhubey
- *Juego de sombras* (2024), as Muse
- *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (2023), as Cosmo (voice) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3.md)
- *The Honeymoon* (2022), as Sarah · Producer
- *The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special* (2022), as Cosmo the Dog (voice)
- *Bodies Bodies Bodies* (2022), as Bee
- *The Bubble* (2022), as Anika
- *I Don't Like You* (2022), Actor
- *Women Do Cry* (2022), as Sonja
- *Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed "Sub-Acceptable" by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision* (2021), as Tutar Sagdiyev
- *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2020), as Tutar Sagdiyev
- *Last Call* (2020), as Alexandra
- *The Father* (2019), as Valentina
- *Transgression* (2018), as Yana
- *Angels* (2018), as Angela
- *XIIa* (2017), as Milena
- *Showdown in Manila* (2016), as Exchange Student
- *Tipichno* (2013), series, as Maria
- *No Way Off*, as Laura
- *Branded*, as Lilly
- *God's Country*, Actor
- *Floodplain*, Actor
- *Untitled Spy Comedy*, Actor
- *Birds of Prey*, as Nina
- *My Masterpiece*, Actor
- *Double Blind*, Actor
- *Override*, as Rush

## Gallery

- ![Maria Bakalova](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-9d5de82179f9.jpg) Maria Bakalova — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Maria_Bakalova_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Maria_Bakalova_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maria Bakalova at Paris Fashion Week, 2021](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-7dbdc7125ec5.jpg) Maria Bakalova at Paris Fashion Week, 2021 — Patou Cornette, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Bakalova_Paris_Fashion_Week.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bodies Bodies Bodies premiere at SXSW, 2022. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-0464d4d98fc6.jpg) Bodies Bodies Bodies premiere at SXSW, 2022. (2023) — Katie Marriner, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Bodies_Bodies_Bodies_-_SXSW_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maria Bakalova in New York City for the movie The Apprentice. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-82fc63b9a167.jpg) Maria Bakalova in New York City for the movie The Apprentice. (2024) — Jay Dixit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Maria_Bakalova_at_%22The_Apprentice%22_in_NYC_01.jpg/1280px-Maria_Bakalova_at_%22The_Apprentice%22_in_NYC_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maria Bakalova](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-43059bdce227.jpg) Maria Bakalova — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Bakalova](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-31eb2957d78b.jpg) Maria Bakalova — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Bakalova](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-d9bbbccef022.jpg) Maria Bakalova — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Bakalova in New York City for the movie The Apprentice. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-f5362325e3b5.jpg) Maria Bakalova in New York City for the movie The Apprentice. (2024) — Jay Dixit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Maria_Bakalova_at_%22The_Apprentice%22_in_NYC_01_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maria Bakalova in New York City for the movie The Apprentice. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-e3cd397697a9.jpg) Maria Bakalova in New York City for the movie The Apprentice. (2024) — Jay Dixit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Maria_Bakalova_at_%22The_Apprentice%22_in_NYC_02.jpg/1280px-Maria_Bakalova_at_%22The_Apprentice%22_in_NYC_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maria Bakalova](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-b7ff72597b56.jpg) Maria Bakalova — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Bakalova](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-4a3b79db8aa2.jpg) Maria Bakalova — Image via TMDB
- ![Maria Bakalova](https://film.one/media/person/10761/gallery-3289b83bae0a.jpg) Maria Bakalova — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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