Maria Bello

Velvet-voiced, 21-year-old Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) goes to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter, but her aspirations are sidelined by the notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at the hottest spot in town, run by Lil (Maria Bello, bottom right) in Touchstone's Coyote Ugly - 2000