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).
The Honeymoon
(Sarah)
Floodplain
Untitled Spy Comedy
Birdseye
(Nina)
I Don't Like You
Branded
(Lilly)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(Cosmo (voice))
My Masterpiece
God's Country
Fairyland
(Paulette)
Unfrosted
(Rada Adzhubey)
The Apprentice
(Ivana Trump)
Triumph
(Slava)
Electra
(Francesca)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
(Cosmo the Dog (voice))
Dirty Angels
(The Bomb)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(Self - 'Cosmo' (archive footage))
Juego de sombras
(Muse)
O Horizon
(Abby)
Mayday
Transgression
(Yana)
Last Call
(Alexandra)
Angels
(Angela)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
(Tutar Sagdiyev)
XIIa
(Milena)
The Father
(Valentina)
The Bubble
(Anika)
Bodies Bodies Bodies
(Bee)
Borat: VHS Cassette of Material Deemed “Sub-Acceptable” by Kazakhstan Ministry of Censorship and Circumcision
(Tutar Sagdiyev)
Women Do Cry
(Sonja)
Showdown in Manila
(Exchange Student)
All Night Wrong
(Ell)
The View
(Self - Guest)
Borat’s American Lockdown & Debunking Borat
(Tutar)
Creature Commandos
(Princess Ilana (voice))
The Oscars
(Self)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)