Every man´s dream comes true for William Thacker, a successless Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott, the world´s most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop. A little later, he still can´t believe it himself, William runs into her again - this time spilling orange juice over her. Anna accepts his offer to change in his nearby apartment, and thanks him with a kiss, which seems to surprise her even more than him. Eventually, Anna and William get to know each other better over the months, but being together with the world´s most wanted woman is not easy - neither around your closest friends, nor in front of the all-devouring press.