Yulia Peresild

Yulia Peresild
Yulia Peresild at the Russian state children's library. Biblionight - 2017.
Born	Yulia Sergeevna Peresild (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 37) Pskov, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya Theatre of Nations
Occupation	Actress, Singer
Years active	2003-present
Children	2
Space career
Spaceflight participant
Missions	Soyuz MS-19/Soyuz MS-18 (Expedition 66)
Mission insignia
Awards	Golden Eagle Award
Website	Юлия Пересильд

Yulia Sergeevna Peresild (Russian: Ю́лия Серге́евна Переси́льд; born 5 September 1984) is a Russian stage and film actress.^[1]

Biography[]

Yulia Peresild's Estonian surname comes from her Estonian great grandparents, who were deported to Russia.^[2] She was born in Pskov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. Her father was an icon painter and mother a kindergarten worker. Since childhood, Yulia dreamed of becoming an actress. From the third grade she took part in school artistic amateur performance, sang, played in school plays. At the age of eleven she participated in the contest of young talents "The Morning Star". In 2001 she graduated from secondary school No. 24 in Pskov.

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.

Since 2007, as an invited actress, she has taken part in the plays of the State Theater of Nations.

She currently works with the theater "School of Modern Play" and the theater on Malaya Bronnaya theater company Yevgeny Mironov.

Career[]

Yulia Peresild's screen debut was the role of Natasha Kublakova in the television series Land (2003), directed by Aleksandr Baranov.

The first big work in film is the role of Olya Rodyashina in the drama film The Bride (2006) directed by Elyor Ishmukhamedov and Captive directed by Alexei Uchitel. However, a real breakthrough in the film biography of the actress was one of the main roles of Sofia in the drama The Edge directed by Alexei Uchitel, the television series Santa Lucia (2012), and the mystical thriller (2012) brought her popularity among Russian audiences.^[3]

The actress became well known after playing supporting roles in In the Fog (2012) directed by Sergei Loznitsa.

She played the role of Soviet Sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko in the 2015 biographical war film Battle for Sevastopol.^[4]

She has been selected as member of the crew of Soyuz MS-19 in order to shoot the film Challenge (Vyzov) with Klim Shipenko. She will return to Earth on board Soyuz MS-18.^[5] Participants in this joint project between Roscosmos and Channel One, film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild, who will fly with Anton Shkaplerov, have been included in the ISS expedition prime crew.^[6]

Personal life[]

Yulia has two daughters; Anna (born 2009) and Maria (born in 2012), whose father is film director Alexei Uchitel.^[7] She is a founding member of the charity foundation "Galchonok" (Галчонок), which works to provide treatment for children with organic central nervous system disorders.

Honors[]

• President of Russia's award for young artists (2013)^[8]
• The White Elephant Prize for the best actress in a supporting role (in The Edge, 2010)
• The Golden Eagle award for the best actress in a supporting role (in The Edge, 2010)
• Crystal Turandot Prize for the best female character role (in The Warsaw Melody play staged at Moscow Drama Theater in Malaya Bronnaya Street, 2010)
• Best actress award at first BRICS Film Festival (2015)

Yulia Peresild at the award ceremony of the President of the Russian Federation 2012 in the Kremlin (2013).

Selected filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

References[]

External links[]

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