Actress who rose to fame through her prominent role in the 2020 film Borat 2. She portrays Tutar Sagdiyeva, the daughter of the title character, and she helps her father get access to several people within Donald Trump's inner-circle.
In 2017, she appeared on one episode of the Italian TV series Gomorrah. She graduated from Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in 2019.
She had a role in the 2017 film Transgression, which earned her a Best Actress award at the AltFF Alternative Film Festival. She has amassed over 370,000 followers on her mariabakalovaofficial Instagram account.
She grew up in Bulgaria and later moved to Los Angeles, California. She's an only child. Her parents are Rumyana Bakalova and Valcho Bakalov.
In Borat 2, her character is the daughter of Borat, who is played by Sacha Baron Cohen.