Poor childhood and an affair with married Alexei Uchitel - the fate of Yulia Peresild
Yulia Peresild
Yulia Peresild is often compared to Lyudmila Pavlichenko from “The Battle of Sevastopol”: the image of a brave and unshakable sniper turned out to be so close to the artist. If the hero of the Soviet Union fought for the victory of her Motherland in the war, then Julia had to fight for the well-being of her family and independently achieve recognition in the acting community.
Having lost her dad early, Peresild took care of her mother and grandmother onto her fragile shoulders. She did not give up her childhood dream of becoming a star and managed to achieve success in cinema and theater. On the set, the artist found the main love of her life, Alexei Uchitel. Neither the age difference nor the status of a married man stopped the couple. Julia gave the director two children, but denied the affair for 10 years. What made her reveal the secret? On the actress’s anniversary, let’s remember the trials that befell her.
TAKE YOUR DESTINY INTO YOUR HANDS
As a student, Yulia Peresild began acting in TV series
Yulia was born in Pskov into a simple working-class family, but from childhood she was sure that she would become an artist. The girl became interested in music early and even sang in the group “Equalizer”. Thanks to the group, Peresild learned to hold herself on stage without being embarrassed by the audience, so in the future she gladly participated in school performances and KVN games.
Julia persistently walked towards her goal. Believing that for creative fulfillment she needed to conquer Moscow, the 11-year-old girl went to film the “Morning Star” program. Having visited the capital, Peresild decided that she would soon return there. But the plans had to be postponed due to a personal tragedy: that year the young artist’s father died, the family lost their breadwinner and was left without a livelihood.
Many years later, Yulia admitted: her father took on everything in the world - painted icons, played the guitar, traded - but did not succeed professionally. According to the actress, dad was a talented person, however, when he went into business in the 90s, he got involved with dangerous people.
“He was carrying some jeans. In the end it ended the way it ended. He succeeded, but he started drinking and some friends appeared. The man became not himself. They hit him on the head,” Peresild recalled on Irina Shikhman’s YouTube show “Should we talk?”
Yulia Peresild even looks like Lyudmila Pavlichenko
The death of a loved one at that time was not Julia’s only misfortune. Soon bandits came to their apartment with their mother and took out all the furniture. The parent wanted to go to the police, but she was warned: this could harm the child. There was no one to protect the family.
Yulia Peresild burst into tears, remembering the murder of her father
Difficulties have tempered Yulia Peresild. Feeling responsible for her mother and grandmother, at the age of 14 she got a job. But after graduating from school, the girl realized: now or never - the time has come to make her dreams come true. The first attempt to connect one’s destiny with art when entering the Moscow Art Theater School failed miserably. The actress did not give up and later passed the competition at GITIS.
Peresild began acting in films as a student. In 2003, she was invited to play the role of the village girl Natasha in the TV series “Plot”. Two years later, Yulia was already working on the same set with Sergei Bezrukov, playing the sister of the legendary poet in Yesenin. The actress continued to participate in television projects, and her debut on the big screen took place thanks to the film “The Bride.”
The role of Ustinya in the TV series “Golden Horde” became another success of the actress
But, of course, it was thanks to her collaboration with Alexei Uchitel that the talented actress was remembered by the audience. Her role in the drama “Prisoner” was appreciated not only by the public, but also by critics. For her work in the film “The Edge”, Julia received the “White Elephant” and “Golden Eagle” awards.
At the same time, Peresild did not become an actress of one genre: she played in comedies by Karen Oganesyan, detective Weekend by Stanislav Govorukhin, and played the role of Lyudmila Gurchenko in the series of the same name. Julia was named a star of the first magnitude after the drama “The Battle of Sevastopol.” She definitely fit the image of the strong and brave sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Participation in the adventure film “The Golden Horde” turned out to be an unusual experience for the artist.
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She skillfully combined work in cinema and theater. For her role in the production of “Warsaw Melody”, Julia even received the prestigious “Crystal Turandot” award. Touring with performances across the country, Peresild invariably attracted full houses.
RUMORS ABOUT LOVERS AND A SECRET ROMANCE FOR 10 YEARS
After the film “The Edge,” Yulia Peresild was credited with an affair with Mashkov
An attractive woman, a talented actress, the founder of the Galchonok charity foundation - in the eyes of millions of men, Yulia Peresild is simply an ideal life partner. The number of novels attributed to the artist is countless. So, after the release of the film “The Edge,” many were sure that Yulia had begun a relationship with Vladimir Mashkov: the bed scenes of the star duet turned out to be so convincing.
After one of the charity events, where Peresild spoke with Roman Abramovich, rumors appeared about their love affair. But the speculation only made the actress smile.
“If you list all the people I respect, with whom I am credited with having affairs, you might even become proud. I treat this ironically. And we are connected by friendship with Roman Arkadyevich,” explained the artist.
For 10 years, Yulia Peresild was silent about her affair with Alexei Uchitel
The main reason for discussion among fans for many years was Yulia’s relationship with Alexei Uchitel. The couple regularly went out together and, although the director claimed that Peresild was simply his muse, few believed the playwright’s words. Alexey Efimovich lived with his wife Kira Saksaganskaya, who gave him a son, Ilya, but his communication with Yulia Peresild became more and more frequent.
The reason for a new round of gossip was the birth of children from unmarried Julia. Anya was born in 2009, and Masha in 2012. With one voice, those around them insisted that the girls’ father was Alexei Uchitel, who without a shadow of embarrassment appeared with them and the actress at social events, events, and walks. In 2017, the situation reached its climax: fans spread information that they had seen lovers in a store. Finally, Peresild decided to make an official statement.
Yulia Peresild: “Alexey Uchitel is the father of my children”
“The father of my children is Alexey Uchitel. Alexey is a good dad who takes care of his daughters. I really hate talking about my personal life. Sometimes colleagues get married, get married and then put it all on the covers. And if these are people close to me, I think: “Ay, mommy! Why did you do this? - Julia shared.
Yulia Peresild is raising two daughters from Alexei Uchitel
In interviews, Peresild has repeatedly said that she is not jealous. This can explain the actress’s calm attitude towards the issue of the director’s divorce: it is still unknown whether he formalized the separation from Kira Saksaganskaya. In addition, lovers do not see the point in stamps in their passports.
“I have so many friends who have repeatedly been to registry offices, wearing veils and white dresses. Every time it is very beautiful, but has nothing to do with happiness. Well, it didn’t work out for me at a naive age, but now, of course, I have nothing left except the humor and life experience of my friends and memories. Maybe someday my attitude will change. Let's see. Life is long, different, unexpected,” Julia reasoned.
PARENTING
Yulia Peresild's eldest daughter is engaged in ballroom dancing
Now Peresild continues to develop his film career. The film with her participation Sheena667 received a prize at Kinotavr, critics also call the film adaptation of the Gloomy River, on which Yulia has been working for six months, promising. But the actress considers the main thing in life to be caring for her family and, of course, raising her daughters.
“We talk a lot and frankly with them. I talk about the problems that I myself had as a child, because we lived poorly. And about the fact that a huge number of children do not know whether they will have dinner or what they will wear to school in the winter. Of course, my daughters are in some sense luxurious and live in prosperous conditions, but it is impossible to force them into the world in which, for example, I lived. And our conversations do not go unnoticed. In front of me, of course, they can be capricious and stand on their heads. But when mom is not around, some amazing character traits suddenly appear,” the artist shared.
By the way, the girls bear their mother’s last name. This happened not because of Yulia’s long secret affair with Alexei Uchitel, but because the actress respects her roots and once promised her grandfather that the Peresild family would not be interrupted.
Yulia Peresild explained why she did not give her daughters the surname of Alexei Uchitel
The actress still prefers to leave behind the scenes the details of her life together with the director, and being not a very sentimental person, she is silent about the details of the beginning of their love story. But Peresild willingly talks about the successes and talents of the heiresses. So, the eldest daughter of the actress Anna is engaged in ballroom dancing and vocals, and also starred with Yulia in the film “Draft”. Little Masha, perhaps, will also follow in the footsteps of her star mother: her name appears on the “film plate” of the film “47. Tsoi”, which Alexey Uchitel is working on.
“My daughters are simply wonderful! They are still small, but I think they will definitely become actresses. The makings are there,” the director noted on the air of the “Once Upon a Time” program.
Masha Peresild may play her father in the film
Julia is proud of her children and believes that they inherited the best from their parents. At the same time, girls grow up different from each other. “I can’t understand why they are so different. One is a “girly girl” in pink ruffles, and the other tells everyone that her mother is a soldier and sings about “Batyanya Battalion Commander.” I don’t know where she heard this from. One child grew up watching the film “The Edge” - I was just pregnant with Anka,” the actress said. — And Masha was four months old when I started filming “The Battle of Sevastopol.” Her entire childhood was spent in the “war”, and now she is going to cadet school. But I would like my daughters to go into a creative environment.”
Yulia Peresild: “There is nothing worse than a strong and successful mother”
Peresild tries to guide her daughters through life, but knows that if the heiresses have firmly decided on something, they will be able to insist on their own: the girls have adopted their mother’s iron character. “They turned out to be much stronger than me,” the artist admitted.
Having experienced so much in her youth, Yulia Peresild was able to take fate into her own hands, achieve success and start a family. Today she is a happy mother, a beloved woman and a promising actress.
Based on materials from Marie Claire, OK-Magazine, “7 Days”.
Photo: Legion-Media, still from the TV series “Plot”, still from the film “Battle of Sevastopol”, still from the TV series “Golden Horde”, still from the film “The Edge”, Instagram
“We are from Pskop!”: Yulia Peresild told Ivan Urgant about the origin of her surname
01:02, December 03, 2020, PAI
Actress, native of Pskov Yulia Peresild became a guest of the “Evening Urgant” program on Channel One. On the December 2 broadcast, she not only presented the new film “End of the Season,” but also told presenter Ivan Urgant about what her unusual surname means.
“The film is based on an original conflict: three sisters dream of returning to Moscow. Interesting! One of the main roles was played by our guest today – Yulia Peresild!” — at the beginning of the meeting, Ivan Urgant introduced the actress.
“I found out that your Baltic surname turns out to be Peresild,” the presenter continued.
"Yes! And I'm very happy about it. Now we will declassify everything. There was always some kind of mystery in my last name; no one knew for sure whether it was Baltic or not. You come to Israel, suddenly someone writes the letter “t” - “Peresildt” - it seems that they have their own. You come to Norway, to Germany - it seems that they have their own. Now I just give out the “million dollar secret” and give up. This is an Estonian surname. My sister lives in Tallinn, although she was born in Pskov. We are all from Pskov! We are from Pskop!” - said the actress.
“Here is Pskov, and not far from Pskov... well, how close, in a completely different direction is the city of Luga, and there was also an “Estonian colony”, Urgant is also an Estonian surname. We are all Estonians,” Ivan joked. "Vania! I now understand why I come to your show so often [the actress has come to Urgant’s broadcast at least seven times - PAI],” Yulia Peresild laughed.
“Do you know how your last name is translated?” - Ivan asked. “There are two translations: “family bridge” or “hedgehog,” the actress replied. “What a rich Estonian language is!” Urgant responded.
“I feel comfortable in the Baltic countries. I feel good there, they are calm people, they don’t twitch,” Peresild admitted.
Then Ivan Urgant announced the release on December 5 of the film “End of the Season” by Konstantin Khudyakov. “Three sisters don’t live very well, it’s happening in the 90s. You play the older sister, you are married to Donatas. It didn’t take long, of course, for you to choose a name for the Lithuanian... This is a new reading of Chekhov, a real classic: everything is bad and bad and bad and ends bad,” Urgant retold the contents of the tape in his own way.
“There are so many films, but I still haven’t learned to look at myself, and even in front of people,” admitted Yulia after watching a short excerpt.
In conclusion, Ivan and Yulia (both parents of daughters) showed what “all the girls’ favorite cartoon”, “Frozen 2,” would look like if it were a play that is shown in various Russian theaters. Urgant and Peresild in the images of Anna and Elsa (the main characters of the cartoon) showed several miniatures with homage to Chekhov.
