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

"I can't sing and I can't dance," Mildred Burke tells her future manager, husband, business partner (and later ex-husband and ...

Emily Bett Rickards knew very little about professional wrestling before signing on to play one of its most important female ...

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 ...

Emily Bett Rickards ("Arrow") stars in the new movie "Queen of the Ring," which will be released to theaters this Friday, March 7th.

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 ...

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 ...

As a groundbreaking figure for athletes, entertainers, and women in general, Burke’s story is inspirational, and Rickards has already received strong acclaim for her performance after the film ...

For some, the sport of pro wrestling might bring to mind big — often muscular, usually athletic — men. But for close to a century, a contingent of women — generally smaller and athletic ...

“Queen of the Ring,” a biographical sports drama about wrestler Mildred Burke, was filmed in Louisville and will premiere at Stonybrook Theatre on Feb. 25. The film, starring Emily Bett ...