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Nyad is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about swimmer Diana Nyad's multiple attempts in the early 2010s to swim the Straits of Florida, with flashbacks to her early life. It is directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (in their feature narrative film directorial debut ) and written by Julia Cox on the basis of Nyad's ...
Nyad tells the story of Diana Nyad, a marathon swimmer who broke records and achieved a number of firsts in the sport.At the age of 60, she decided to complete the feat she wasn’t able to when ...
The brand-new film Nyad, streaming now on Netflix, stars Annette Bening as swimmer Diana Nyad. It follows Nyad's attempts to swim from Cuba to Florida, which she first tried in 1978 at age 28 ...
Criticisms over Nyad's history of making inflated claims about her career have cast a shadow over the inspirational film, which begins streaming today, potentially dimming the Oscar prospects of ...
Nyad was born in New York City on August 22, 1949, to Lucy Winslow Curtis (1925–2007) [10] and stockbroker William L. Sneed Jr. Her mother was a great-granddaughter of Charlotte N. Winslow, the inventor of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, a popular morphine-based medicine for children's teething pain that was manufactured from 1849 until the 1930s. [11]
Nyad may refer to: Diana Nyad (born 1949), American author and swimmer; Nyad, 2023 sports drama film Nyad, soundtrack to the film; Nyad , an ...
Nyad’s record-setting swims began in the 1970s, gaining her national attention with spots on Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In 1975, she broke the 45-year-old ...
Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1988 The Great Outdoors: Kate Craig Film debut [1]1989 Valmont: Marquise de Merteuil [2]1990 The Grifters: Myra Langtry [3]Postcards from the Edge