In The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, an aging and reclusive Hollywood starlet, Evelyn Hugo, is finally ready to talk about her life, but she doesn’t want just any writer to tell her story. Evelyn Hugo chooses Monique Grant, an unknown magazine reporter, to write her biography. Monique has been left by her husband and is unsatisfied with her job, so when she approaches Evelyn Hugo’s luxurious apartment, she has her eye set on using this biography to launch her career.