The actor and writer/director tell the story of the first million dollar female athlete in history. Emily Bett Rickards 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 1930s to become the first million-dollar female athlete in ...

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 ...

Emily Bett Rickards and Josh Lucas appear in a scene from “Queen of the Ring.” (Submitted) Thanks to her ability and showmanship, Mildred, aka “The Kansas Cyclone,” draws enthusiastic ...

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 ...

Among them was giving Green Arrow a geeky female sidekick in Emily Bett Rickards' Felicity ... Doing the rounds to promote her new movie, Queen of the Ring, Rickards - who plays wrestling ...