Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

24-year-old Maria Bakalova becomes Bulgaria's first Golden Globe nominee

Maria Bakalova and Sacha Baron Cohen in a scene from Borat 2
Photo: Amazon Studios via AP/BTA

The Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova has found a place among the nominations for this year's Golden Globe Awards which were announced earlier today. The 24-year-old actress was nominated in the category for a leading female role in a comedy or musical for her role in Borat Subsequent Movie, thus becoming the first-ever Bulgarian nominee for the prestigious award.

Maria Bakalova, who was born in Bulgaria's Burgas, graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art in Sofia in 2019 in the class of Prof. Ivan Dobchev. For her participation in the Borat movie, she was selected in an audition among 600 candidates.

Bakalova has been nominated alongside Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit), Anya Taylor-Joy (Emma), Kate Hudson (Music) and Rosamund Pike (I Care a Lot).



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgaria to be represented by two short films at the EU Film Days 2025 in Japan

Bulgaria will be represented by two short films at the EU Film Days 2025, which will take place in the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Kyoto. According to the Facebook page of the Bulgarian Embassy in Japan, this year's..

published on 6/27/25 12:23 PM

The Summer Opera Festival in Veliko Tarnovo opens with The Marriage of Figaro

To celebrate 40 years since its inception, the Summer Opera Festival ‘Stage of the Centuries’ in Veliko Tarnovo has put together a rich programme. The programme features opera, ballet and symphonic music masterpieces. There will also be musicals and..

published on 6/27/25 7:55 AM

Prints and paintings by Canada-based artists Zekina and Boyadzhiev on view in Sofia

More than 40 works by Petar Boyadzhiev and Daniela Zekina will be on display in an exhibition of prints and paintings at the 'Ikar' Gallery in Sofia . The exhibition will officially open on June 24, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., Zekina told BTA’s “BG World”..

published on 6/23/25 5:43 PM