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Maria Bakalova will receive an honorary
Askeer Award as a rising international star and ambassador of Bulgarian acting. The decision was made public on Thursday by the Bulgarian theatre awards foundation through its media partner, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).
At the tender age of 24, Bakalova has already gained international recognition for her appearance in the 2020 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. The film has earned her the Critics Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress and nominations for an Academy Award, the BAFTA Film Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. She is the first Bulgarian to be nominated for these honours.
Send to Kindle I was on location when I found out about the nomination. The words in Bulgarian definitely make me happiest, because I am and will always remain a Bulgarian girl. I m proud of that. That s what said exclusively for
NOVA TV
Maria Bakalova, our first actress to receive an Oscar nomination.
She adds that even the mere fact that her name is placed next to those of Glenn Close, Olivia Colman and Amanda Seyfried is already a great success.
Maria Bakalova is writing history. She is only the third Eastern European woman and the second in the Balkans who can boast an Oscar nomination. The nominees before her were former USSR-born Polish actress Ida Kaminska in 1967 and the late Greek goddess Melina Mercuri, who won an Oscar for the 1960 film Never on Sunday.
Ida Kaminska Nominated for Foreign Press Film Award Ida Kaminska in 1974. (Reg Innell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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Ida Kaminska, the Polish actress and director of the Yiddish State Theater in Warsaw, was nominated today by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for its “Golden Globe Award” as best dramatic actress for her role as the aged Jewish shopkeeper in the Czech film, “The Shop on Main Street.” Miss Kaminska will compete for the title with such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood and Anouk Aimee.
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Within just a few short months, Maria Bakalova has gone from virtual unknown to streaming sensation, and now Golden Globe nominee.
The 24-year-old actress became the first Bulgarian actress to get a Golden Globe nomination, and the first Eastern European actress since Polish actress Ida Kaminska was nominated for the Czech film The Shop on Main Street in 1967.
Bakalova opened up about her historic nod in a new interview with Deadline, where she expressed her shock and delight about her whirlwind success.
Nominee: Within just a few short months, Maria Bakalova has gone from virtual unknown to streaming sensation, and now Golden Globe nominee