Maria Bakalova

Maria Valcheva Bakalova 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, The Father, Last Call and Women Do Cry. She has since had starring roles in Judd Apatow's The Bubble, the A24 horror film Bodies Bodies Bodies and the romantic comedy The Honeymoon.

Read more in the app

‘Triumph’ Review: Maria Bakalova Seeks an Alien Connection in Bulgaria’s Eccentric Oscar Submission

Maria Bakalova explains how she was able to relate to Ivana Trump while playing her in 'The Apprentice.' She also compares the controversial biopic to her breakout role in 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.'

Maria Bakalova, Peter Mullan To Star In Brian Kelly’s ‘No Way Off’, Altitude Boards For International – AFM

Maria Bakalova and Peter Mullan to Star in Thriller ‘No Way Off’ From ‘Downton Abbey’ Director

Maria Bakalova Comedy Movie ‘All Night Wrong’ Adds Tyler Labine

Top Trump! Maria Bakalova looks sensational in green patterned silk dress at the gala screening of The Apprentice at BFI London Film Festival

Make cinema great again! Sebastian Stan dismisses bad reviews and a social media savaging from Donald Trump as he joins Maria Bakalova and Jeremy Strong at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of The Apprentice

Maria Bakalova on Becoming Ivana Trump, That Controversial ‘Apprentice’ Rape Scene and Donald Trump’s Cease-and-Desist Letter

Maria Bakalova Wanted To Portray Ivana Trump As “Not Just A Trophy Wife” In ‘The Apprentice’

Anne Hathaway, Sebastian Stan and Maria Bakalova lead stars at premiere of Trump biopic The Apprentice

Oscars: Bulgaria Submits TIFF Selection ‘Triumph’ Starring Maria Bakalova For International Film Race

Maria Bakalova wows in a leggy tweed suit as she joins Sebastian Stan at The Apprentice photocall during Cannes - as it gets lukewarm reviews and Trump campaign say they will sue filmmakers

Breaking Baz @ Cannes: ‘The Apprentice’ Star Maria Bakalova On Admiring Ivana Trump’s “Don’t Get Mad, Get Everything” Attitude

Sebastian Stan joins Maria Bakalova to play young Donald Trump and his wife Ivana for a somber funeral scene as they film The Apprentice in Toronto

Sebastian Stan is a dead ringer for Donald Trump while Maria Bakalova is seen for the first time on the set of The Apprentice as she transforms into his first wife Ivana Trump

Sebastian Stan cast as younger Donald Trump in upcoming movie The Apprentice ... alongside Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump

Donald Trump biopic: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova cast in The Apprentice

Sebastian Stan Plays Donald Trump, Jeremy Strong Is Roy Cohn and Maria Bakalova Is Ivana Trump in ‘The Student’ Film

Maria Bakalova Boards Egor Abramenko Pic ‘God’s Country’; Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho, ZQ Producing

‘Borat 2’ Breakout Maria Bakalova Starring in ‘My Masterpiece’ for Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions (EXCLUSIVE)