Maria Bakalova Net Worth

Maria Bakalova's Quotes

• [on Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)] I believe a lot of people can recognize themselves with the character of Tutar. She has a huge heart, full of dreams. We're living at a time when people are ready to stand up against misogyny and people are willing to support each other more and more.

Interesting Facts about Maria Bakalova

1. Speaks fluent Bulgarian and English.
2. Recorded her initial audition for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) on her cell phone at a party, after graduating from The National Academy of Theater and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria.
3. Is the first Bulgarian actor or actress to be nominated for a Golden Globe award, a SAG award, a Critics Choice award, a BAFTA or an Academy Award.
4. She for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020), James Coco for Only When I Laugh (1981), Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy (2020), and Maria Bakalova for Yentl (1983) are the only actors to receive an Oscar and Razzie nomination for the same film role (she, Coco and Close additionally nominated for a Golden Globe). Baklova's Razzie nomination, however, is in the Worst Screen Combo category alongside Rudy Giuliani, her name ultimately removed from the final ballot to be replaced by "[Giuliani's] pants zipper". She, Coco, Close, and Irving would not win from any of these nominations, although Giuliani and his pants zipper would prevail in that category.