Violet Sanford leaves for New York to pursue her dream of becoming a famous songwriter. Failing to get a job as a singer, she settles for that of a barwoman at Coyote Ugly. Although she gets pushed aside at first, her talent eventually surfaces.
A girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford goes to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a "day" job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly, and it's there where her real talent is revealed to the public.