Who is Christy Martin? Boxing champ Sydney Sweeney plays in new film - Sweeney said of her role: ‘I feel compelled to tell a story about a woman who faced so much adversity and didn’t allow it to defeat her.

David Michôd will direct the film, which is currently untitled and follows the true story of Martin’s rise to being one of the most well-known female boxers in 1990s America. Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Ethan Embry and Katy O’Brian also star in the biopic.

Sydney Sweeney shares a picture of her transformative makeover for her role as Christy Martin and exclusively tells Cosmo about the upcoming biopic.