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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among them was giving Green Arrow a geeky female sidekick in Emily Bett Rickards ... Queen of the Ring, Rickards - who plays wrestling legend Mildred Burke in the biopic - reflected on ...

On March 7, Sumerian Pictures will release Queen of the Ring in theaters, a biopic about Mildred Burke starring Emily Bett Rickards and directed by Ash Avildsen. Burke first found fame in the ...