Maria Bakalova became a star in a span of 2 years
Maria Bakalova’s meteoric rise to fame is one of the most inspiring stories of recent years. She began her acting career in small independent films in her home country of Bulgaria. Hollywood is not something she ambitioned because it is unrealistic. No Bulgarian born actor had made it big in Hollywood and landed a lead role until she did. It all began with an open online audition for the role of Tutar Sagdiyev, Borat’s daughter. Maria Bakalova thought it was a scam to have her kidnapped and sold be as a slave. You can’t blame her for thinking it sounded too good to be true. The night after her college prom, she send an online audition. It paid off because she landed the role that launched her career in Hollywood. It is a hard comedic role because it is impromptu acting. In somes she is scripted while in other scenes she is pranking people while in character. Playing Tutar make her won the Critics’ Choice Awards and she got nominated