In Young Woman and the Sea, Daisy Ridley plays Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Through the unrelenting support of her older sister and trainers, she overcomes hardships and hostility of a patriarchal society to progress through the Olympic swimming team and complete the 21-mile trip from France to England. Ridley shines as Ederle in this inspiring true story that also features a star-studded cast of Stephen Graham and Christopher Eccleston, which makes it a winning movie in my eyes.