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Yulia Peresild
Юлия Пересильд
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Peresild at the RGDB in 2017.
Born
Yulia Sergeevna Peresild

(1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 39)
Nationality Russian
Alma mater
  • Theatre of Nations
  • Malaya Bronnaya Theatre
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active 2003–present
Partner(s)
  • Alexei Uchitel
  • Mikhail Troynik (2022)
Children 2
Space career
  • Spaceflight participant
  • Cast of The Challenge, 2023 film
Time in space
11 days, 16 hours, 13 minutes
Missions Soyuz MS-19 / Soyuz MS-18
Awards
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  • 8th Golden Eagle Awards (2010)
  • 14th Golden Eagle Awards (2016)

Yulia Sergeevna Peresild (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Пересильд; born 5 September 1984) is a Russian stage actress, singer and cosmonaut.

Leading actress of the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre. Participant of a space flight within the framework of the scientific and educational project The Challenge: The First in Space, during which she participated in the filming of episodes of the feature film The Challenge. She is the first professional actress to act in outer space after her spaceflight to the ISS in October 2021. She became the fifth woman in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia to travel into space, and the second to work and live on the ISS.

Early life

Peresild was born in Pskov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Her father was an icon painter and mother a kindergarten worker. Her surname comes from her Estonian paternal great-grandparents, who were deported to Russia.

After school, she entered the Faculty of Russian Philology of the Pskov State Pedagogical Institute, but after studying for only one year, she went to Moscow and entered a theater college. In 2006, she graduated from the acting department of the directing department of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts.

Career

Пересильд Юлия Сергеевна
Peresild at the Kinotavr 2017 festival in Sochi.

Her acting debut was the role of Natasha Kublakova in the 2003 television series Land [ru], directed by Aleksandr Baranov. Her first big work in film was the role of Olya Rodyashina in the drama film The Bride (2006) directed by Elyor Ishmukhamedov, and Captive (2008) directed by Alexei Uchitel. However, her real breakthrough roles included the main role of Sofia in the drama The Edge (2010) directed by Alexei Uchitel, the television series Santa Lucia (2012), and the mystical thriller Sonnentau (2012). Peresild became well known after playing supporting roles in In the Fog (2012) directed by Sergei Loznitsa, and she played the role of Soviet Sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko in the 2015 biographical war film Battle for Sevastopol.

Filming in outer space

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Yulia Peresild in the International Space Station.

She was selected as a member of the crew of Soyuz MS-19, which launched on 5 October 2021, in order to shoot the film The Challenge (2023 film) with Klim Shipenko. Her name was chosen from a shortlist of 20 actresses, and was announced on 14 May 2021. On 17 October, she returned to Earth on board Soyuz MS-18.

Personal life

..... Alexei Uchitel divorce from his wife is not officially registered, because in addition to personal, they are also connected by business relations. In 2021, Peresild announced that she had broken up with him.

In 2022, Yulia Peresild confirmed that she is in a relationship and is happy with actor Mikhail Troynik.

She is a founding member of the charity foundation Galchonok (Russian: Галчонок), which works to provide treatment for children with organic central nervous system disorders.

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Bride Olya Rodyashina
2008 Captive Nastya
2008 Once Upon a Time in the Provinces Anastasiya Vladimirovna Zvonnikova
2008 Virtual Alice Anna Kochergina
2009 Crush Ira
2010 The Abduction Elena
2010 The Edge Sofia
2010 Decoy Vera Pozdnyakova
2011 Five Brides Katya and Asya, twin sisters
2012 In the Fog Anelya
2012 Marathon Inna Antipova
2013 What Girls Don't Talk About Yulya
2013 Paradjanov Svetlana Shcherbatyuk, wife of Sergey Parajanov
2013 Weekend [ru] Inga, secretary
2015 Battle for Sevastopol Lyudmila Pavlichenko
2016 The Heritage of Love Masha Kulikova
2016 I Am a Teacher Anna Kurenkova
2017 Cold Tango Layma
2018 A Rough Draft Rose White
2019 Dark like the Night. Karenina-2019 Karenina short film
2020 The Three Veronika
2021 Petrov's Flu Marina
2021 Sheena 667 Olya
2021 Milk Zoya
2023 The Challenge Evgenia Vladimirovna "Zhenya" Belyaeva shot in space

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Land [ru] Natasha Kublakova TV series
2005 Yesenin Katya Esenina TV series
2006 Enchanted land [ru] Natasha Kublakova TV series
2007 Cobweb [ru] Dasha Averina TV series
2007 The Saboteur 2: The End of the War [ru] Svetik TV series
2011 The Matter of Store No. 1 [ru] Masha Skachko TV series
2011 Summer of Wolves Tosya Mini-series
2012 Santa Lucia Vika Saykina TV series
2012 Sonnentau Rita Pomyalovskaya, journalist TV series
2014 The Executioner [ru] Nina TV series
2015 Adult daughter Albina Kolganova TV series
2018 The Golden Horde [ru] Ustinha TV series
2020 Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes Nastasya TV series

Honors

Yulia Peresild, March 2013
Peresild at the award ceremony of the President of the Russian Federation 2012 in the Kremlin (2013)
Peresild and Akimkin - Golden Mask Award 2016 ph. Dmitriy Dubinskiy
Pavel Akimkin and Yulia Peresild is the Golden Mask 2016.
  • 2018 — Merited Artist of the Russian Federation — for her great contribution to the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity.
  • 2023 — State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art in 2022 (June 12, 2023) — for the creation of the feature film The Challenge.

Public awards and prizes

  • The Golden Eagle award for the best actress in a supporting role (in The Edge, 2010)
  • Best actress award at the first BRICS Film Festival (2015)
  • Best actress award at the fifth Beijing International Film Festival (2015)
  • The Golden Eagle award for the best actress (in Battle for Sevastopol, 2016)

See also

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