People are calling for 'Borat 2' star Maria Bakalova to win an Oscar for her performance

People are calling on Borat 2's breakout star Maria Bakalova to win an Oscar for her performance as Tutar Sagdiyev, the 15-year-old daughter of Sacha Baron Cohen's famous character, Borat.

This comes after the 24-year-old joined forces with Baron Cohen to pull some truly jaw-dropping stunts out of the bag, including convincing President Trump's lawyer and political advisor Rudy Giuliani to accompany her back to a hotel room for a drink after an interview.

While Giuliani has since refuted the contents of the scene which saw him "fiddling with his untucked shirt and reaching into his trousers," as The Guardian put it.

Watch the trailer for Borat 2 below: 

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"She's an incredible actor," Baron Cohen said during a recent video interview promoting the Borat sequel, per IndieWire. "We interviewed 600 young women from all around the world and she's hilarious.

"She is one of the most courageous actors in history. If she doesn't get nominated for an Oscar then that's a travesty."

Baron Cohen continued: "She's hilarious and has the capacity to deliver a scene and make you cry. That's what finally got her the part.

"When we did the breakup scene in the movie, I had to stop it because I felt myself getting quite emotional. She's one of a kind.

"Imagine coming to America for the first time and you're playing a role with real people in some terrifying situations. She got through it all. She's a revelation."

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Baron Cohen is not the only person who thinks that Bakalova should receive an Oscar nomination for her performance, social media users are calling for it too.

One Twitter user wrote: "Maria Bakalova should get an Oscar for the debutant ball scene alone. I almost shut my laptop out of sheer second-hand discomfort."

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A second shared a link to the Rudy Giuliani scandal, writing: "How did Maria Bakalova do this without breaking character? Give this woman an Oscar."

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Meanwhile, Kevin McCarthy addressed the Academy directly, writing: "Dear The Academy,

"Maria Bakalova deserves an Oscar nomination for her incredible performance in #Borat2

"One of the best performances of the year. I know you don't normally recognize comedic performances & films but that really needs to change.

"Love, Kevin."

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IndieWire chief critic Eric Kohn described the sequel in his review as "a welcome showcase for Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova."

He added: "She scores some of the movie’s most outrageous moments, from a grotesque period gag at a debutante ball to a monologue about masturbation delivered to a terrified meeting of older women Republicans.

"Their shock is our subversive delight: the opportunity to see a restrictive world forced to confront its boundaries and unable to process their existence."

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is available to stream on Amazon Prime.