In Ash Avildsen's new film Queen of The Ring, Emily Bett Rickards plays the role of Mildred Burke, a single mother who defied the odds in the 1930s to become the first million-dollar female athlete in ...

Most ardent wrestling fans have at the very least heard the name Mildred Burke, even if they are not intimately familiar with her rise to fame in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Many casual members of ...

The titular character of Mildred Burke is played by 'Arrow' star Emily Bett Rickards. While speaking with Denise Salcedo for a new interview, Rickards stated that the character of Burke inspired her ...

A waitress becomes a wrestler in this sports drama, based on the true story of the champion Mildred Burke. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Directed by Ash Avildsen, the biopic stars Emily Bett Rickards as Burke who ... “He asked me if I ever heard of Mildred Burke,” said Avildsen, by phone from his home in Nashville, Tenn.

Josh Lucas’ Billy Wolf works to convince Emily Bett Rickards’ Mildred Burke they should be business and romantic partners in a scene from “Queen of the Ring.” (Courtesy of Sumerian ...

Based on the book of the same title by Jeff Leen, Queen of the Ring tells the story of Mildred Burke (in a dazzling performance by Emily Bett Rickards), one of the very first professional ...

Now, Emily Bett Rickards takes on an entirely new challenge: portraying legendary 1930s pro wrestler Mildred Burke in Queen of the Ring, a big-screen adaption of Jeff Leen’s biography of the ...

The synopsis is: In a time when professional wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother Mildred Burke (Emily Bett Rickards) embraces the danger to change ...