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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]
Netflix’s new film Nyad tells the harrowing story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, 74, who tried—and failed—to swim from Cuba to Florida when she was 28, and how she eventually accomplished ...
Bening shared a crucial moment from the film and Nyad's story, when her character’s partner, Bonnie Stoll, portrayed by Jodie Foster, said she thought Nyad was insane for reattempting the swim ...
At approximately 2pm on 2 September 2013, Diana Nyad staggered onto the beach in Key West, Florida, about 53 hours after she first stepped into the water in Havana, Cuba. She fell at least twice.
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 ...
Her success encouraged her to become an entrepreneur and she had further success through her partnership with Diana Nyad. Stoll and Nyad met at the Stamford Racquetball Club where Stoll was a head pro instructor. [5] The two created an athletic coaching company called BravaBody, which included fitness videos and tutorials.
That same year, she filmed Nyad alongside Jodie Foster, where Bening portrayed long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad. The film was distributed by Netflix and premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. [33] Her performance earned high critical acclaim, [34] [35] [36] and earned her a fourth nomination for the Academy Award for Best ...
Diana Nyad (1949–): American world record long-distance swimmer, and the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage. [180] Sarah Outen MBE FRGS (1985–): English adventurer, the first and only woman and the youngest person to row solo across the Indian Ocean. [181]