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

Mildred Burke put women’s wrestling on the map and became the first woman athlete to make a million. Yet she’s virtually ...

Wrestling biopics, while rare, are not new. Late 2023 saw the release of The Iron Claw, about the famed Von Erich family.

Emily Bett Rickards plays the title role in “Queen of the Ring,” based on the true story of Mildred Burke, the pioneering ...

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 ...

“I can’t sing and I can’t dance,” Mildred Burke tells her future manager, husband, business partner (and later ex-husband and rival) Billy Wolfe. “But I can tell a story and beat some ...

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

March is Women's History Month, a time to celebrate and honor the extraordinary women who have shaped history. Among these ...

When she first stepped into the ring in the 1930s ... single mother who defied the era that she was in," said Emily Bett Rickards, who plays the biopic's lead role. "Everything in her era was ...

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

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... 'Queen of The Ring' star Emily Bett Rickards on ...

When she first stepped into the ring in the 1930s, Mildred Burke became one of the ... a warrior and an all-time wrestling single mother who defied the era that she was in," said Emily Bett Rickards, ...