Maria Bakalova

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

7.9 2023 Movie

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3 2019 TV Show

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

6.4 2020 Movie

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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.

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2027
Margie Claus
Movie (voice)
2026
Mayday
Movie Anna Ustinov
2026
All Night Wrong
Movie Ell
2026
Learning to Breathe Under Water
Movie Anya
2026
O Horizon
Movie Abby
2025
Fairyland
Movie Paulette
2025
The Bad Guys 2
Movie Pigtail Petrova (voice)
2025
What Stays After
Movie Maggie
2025
Electra
Movie Francesca
2024
Dirty Angels
Movie The Bomb
2024
Creature Commandos
TV show Princess Ilana / Old Woman (voice)
2024
The Apprentice
Movie Ivana Trump
2024
Triumph
Movie Slava Platnikova
2024
Unfrosted
Movie Rada Adzhubey
2024
Juego de sombras
Movie Muse
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage)