Yulia Peresild's Estonian surname comes from her Estonian great grandparents, who were deported to Russia. 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.