Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The film’s road to theatrical, in a way, parallels the underdog story that Young Woman and the Sea is telling involving Trudy, and ...

Daisy Ridley stars in Joachim Rønning's rousing, family-friendly adventure epic about the first woman to swim across the English Channel. That’s not to pit these two swimming super-stars against each ...

In August 1926, a 19-year-old New Yorker named Trudy Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had finished the 21-mile trek from Cape Gris-Nez in France to Kingsdown ...

In theaters Friday, May 31st is Disney's 'Young Woman and the Sea' starring Daisy Ridley. It's a true underdog story of grit, tenacity and triumph. In 1926, Trudy Ederle, the daughter of German ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A film almost a century in the making… Young Woman and the Sea tells the true story of Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle (Daisy Ridley), a world record breaking competitive swimmer in the ...

During a time in our modern world when women in sports continue to fight on for a fair shake, whether that be with salaries and/or balanced media coverage compared to their male counterparts, Disney’s ...

After distance swimmer Trudy Ederle swam the English Channel in 1926, she had the biggest parade for an athlete in New York City — ever. As the first woman to swim the channel, she effectively paved ...

The only wrinkles in “Young Woman and the Sea” are the ones Daisy Ridley likely developed spending all that time in the water, but the movie presents such a stirring true story, so efficiently told, ...

Before she heads back to a galaxy far, far away again, Daisy Ridley is taking to water, with her new film “Young Woman and the Sea.” Based on the true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim ...

Don’t be too hard on yourself if the name Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle doesn’t ring any bells. It sounds as if Daisy Ridley and Joachim Rønning knew little to nothing about her before, respectively, ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Daisy Ridley is ready to make a splash in cinemas across the country with her new film, "Young Woman and the Sea." The movie tells the true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim ...

There has never been a better time for women’s sports. Participation is up, and so are television ratings. With the Olympics underway, perhaps it’s the ideal time for a biopic about one of the ...