Background and career
Yulia Sergeyevna Peresild (Russian: Юлия Сергеевна Пересильд, romanized: Yuliya Sergeyevna Peresil'd; born 5 September 1984) is a Russian 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.
