The actor and writer/director tell the story of the first million dollar female athlete in history. Emily Bett Rickards and ...

Emily Bett Rickards hit the gym and the ropes to play wrestling pioneer Mildred Burke in "Queen of the Ring," which weaves in fact with fiction.

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 ...

The story of Mildred Burke is thankfully getting its much deserved and long overdue spotlight this weekend with the release of Queen of the Ring. The big-screen adaption of Jeff Leen’s biography ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now comes “Queen of the Ring,” in theaters March 7 ... “He asked me if I ever heard of Mildred Burke,” said Avildsen, by phone from his home in Nashville, Tenn. “I said no and asked ...

If pro wrestling is life, and more and more it's looking like it is, "Queen of the Ring" is strictly a midcard affair. This biopic of pioneering female wrestler Mildred Burke, known to fans as the ...