Because of their physical resemblance to Hollywood actresses, six women are employed by a 1937 Hollywood studio as stand-ins for those stars, taking their places for routine and mundane tasks such as checking lighting and camera angles. One evening, the six women gather at a local bar to celebrate the birthday of a seventh member of their little stand-in club. The stand-ins have to confront their own mixed feelings about their profession, as well as their own career's mortality when the death of a major star occurs.

Katherine has the pivotal role of Taffy, Rita Hayworth’s stand-in, who is new to the city and has yet to learn how not to ruffle feathers