Diana Nyad is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan and in 1979 when she swam from ...
On September 2, 2013, Diana Nyad finally accomplished the goal that had eluded her for more than 30 years: becoming the first person to swim from Havana, Cuba, to Key West, Florida, without a shark ...
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. Her ...
Four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening and two-time Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster give the world a joyful acting lesson in “Nyad,” and you won’t want to miss it. A feature film debut from ...
Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin ('Free Solo') direct their first narrative feature, about Diana Nyad's history-making swim from Cuba to Florida at age 64.
In “Nyad,” there are two feats of perseverance on display. First, there is the ceaseless determination of Diana Nyad (Annette Bening) to accomplish a marathon swim from Cuba to Florida across 103 ...
Annette Bening as Diana Nyad, wearing a swim cap and smiling in the water by a boat in Nyad Image via Netflix Netflix is set to tell the miraculous and astounding true story of Diana Nyad in the ...
Annette Bening is no stranger to an acting challenge, and in playing champion swimmer Diana Nyad in Nyad as she attempts to swim the strait between the Florida Keys and Cuba in her 60s, it certainly ...
KEY WEST — A decade after swimming the treacherous passage from Cuba to Key West, Diana Nyad returned Sunday to the beach where she completed her epic feat, joining in the release of a sea turtle ...
KEY WEST, Fla. — Swimmer Diana Nyad was pulled from the water early today after troubles in her Cuba-to-Florida bid. Another storm slowed Nyad early today as she entered the fourth day of her attempt ...
The Oscars slate this year is packed with films rooted in historical events and biographies. How much influence should the subjects have? By Julia Jacobs Annette Bening plays the long-distance swimmer ...