The Star City cast features Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin and Agnes O’Casey. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for Ronald D. Moore, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert’s Apple TV series on Peacock. Check out more cast guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category.

Star City takes place in Russia during the 1960s. As the space race intensifies with the United States, a Soviet engineer plans a mission to Venus. The narrative follows various cosmonauts, soldiers and blue-collar workers as they adapt to their surroundings. Here’s every actor and character in Star City, a spinoff of the Apple TV series For All Mankind.

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Star City Cast: Rhys Ifans as The Chief Designer

Character Profile: A Russian engineer. He leads a Soviet space mission to Venus. The Chief Designer is forbidden to leave Russia while struggling with health issues.

Ifans’ Resume: Spike in Notting Hill (1999), Earl of Oxford in Anonymous (2011), The Lizard/Dr. Curt Connors in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Hector DeJean in Berlin Station (2016-19), Otto Hightower in House of the Dragon (2022-)

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Star City Cast: Anna Maxwell Martin as Lyudmilla Raskova

Character Profile: A KGB official known as “The Night Witch.” She is a military colonel who oversees security at Star City. Lyudmilla experiences misogyny while trying to secure her future in the Soviet space program.

Martin’s Resume: Cassandra Austen in Becoming Jane (2007), Kay Langrish in The Night Watch (2011), Susan in The Bletchley Circle (2012-14), Jane in Philomena (2013), Leanne Fitz-Amobi in A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (2024-)

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Star City Cast: Agnes O’Casey as Irina Morozova

Character Profile: A surveillance expert. She is a self-described “glorified secretary” who speaks German. Irina develops a friendship with a female subject.

O’Casey’s Resume: Maud in Lies We Tell (2023), Dolly Hennessy in The Miracle Club (2023), Sarah Furlong in Small Things Like These (2024), Dani in Black Doves (2024), Meg Douglas in Wolf Hall (2024)

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Star City Cast: Alice Englert as Anastasia Belikova

Character Profile: A Russian pilot. She is an inexperienced cosmonaut who becomes the first woman to walk on the moon. Anastasia gets forced into an arranged marriage by the Soviet government.

Englert’s Resume: Rose in Ginger & Rosa (2012), Lena Duchannes in Beautiful Creatures (2013), Nurse Dolly in Ratched (2020), Biliana in You Won’t Be Alone (2022), Dylan in Bad Behaviour (2023)

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Star City Cast: Solly McLeod as Sasha Polivanov

Character Profile: Anastasia’s husband. He is a Russian cosmonaut who seemingly doesn’t take his work seriously. Sasha struggles with mental health issues after the death of a fellow pilot.

McLeod’s Resume: Joseph Wyatt in The Rising (2022), Ser Joffrey Lonmouth in House of the Dragon (2022), Deputy Walter Judge in Jericho Ridge (2023), Tom Jones in Tom Jones (2023), Jan in Fear (2025)

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Star City Cast: Adam Nagaitis as Valya Mironov

Character Profile: A Russian cosmonaut. He is a national hero and one of Irina’s subjects. Valya’s backstory reveals that he was recruited by the American government.

Nagaitis’ Resume: Branwell Brontë in To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters (2016), Emile Curda in The Man with the Iron Heart (2017), Cornelius Hickey in The Terror (2018), Conductor Jimmy in The Commuter (2018), Grandma in The Agency (2024-25)

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Star City Cast: Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Tanya Mironova

Character Profile: Valya’s English wife. She is a former ballet pianist who forms a friendship with Irina. Tanya’s backstory reveals that she recruited Valya as a mole for the American government.

Serkis’ Resume: Cute Young Hobbit in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), Lavinia in The Letter for the King (2020), Christine Donohue in The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022), Emily Wright in I, Jack Wright (2025), Agnes in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)

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Star City Cast: Josef Davies as Sergei Nikulov

Character Profile: A Russian engineer. He is a realist and a respected member of the Soviet space program. Sergei gets caught with banned literature.

Davies’ Resume: Private Stokes in 1917 (2019), Beale in The King (2019), Dreamland Security Guard in Dumbo (2019), Sören/Vincent in Young Wallander (2020-22), Xaul in Andor (2022)

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The Star City cast also includes:

• Ian Midlane as Mikhail
• David Dencik as Maxim Tarasov
• Eliot Salt as Vika Yegorova
• Ellie Piercy as Galina
• Robin Berry as Rem Balabanov
• Chris Leaney as Viktor
• Eadie Johnson as Zoya Morozova
• Erik Gilder as Vladimir Belikov
• Aurelijus Pocius as Zhenya
• Niamh Algar as Yana Akhmatova
• Jenny Walser as Leonova
• Jamie de Courcey as Stanislav Kalinsky
• Sam Strike as Pavel Fetisov
• Ian Drysdale as Doctor Borovsky
• Fadily Camara as Celine

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.