Yulia Peresild

Yulia Peresild
Юлия Пересильд
Peresild in 2017
Born
Yulia Sergeevna Peresild

(1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 40)
Pskov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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
Space career
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; born 5 September 1984) is a Russian stage actress, singer and cosmonaut.[1]

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.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Юлия Пересильд". Russia-1. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Russian team back on Earth after filming first movie in space". BBC. 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.