Yulia Peresild

Yulia Peresild
Юлия Пересильд
Peresild in 2018
Born
Yulia Sergeevna Peresild

(1984-09-05) 5 September 1984
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2003–present
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse
(m. 2008; div. 2021)
Mikhail Troynik
(m. 2023)
Children2, including Anna Peresild
Space career
Spaceflight participant
Time in space
11 days, 16 hours, 13 minutes
MissionsSoyuz MS-19 / Soyuz MS-18
Awards
WebsiteЮлия Пересильд

Yulia Sergeevna Peresild (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Пересильд, romanizedYuliya Sergeyevna Peresil'd; 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 2023 feature film The Challenge. During her spaceflight to the ISS in October 2021 she became the first professional actress to act in outer space. 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.