艾薇塔（麦当娜 Madonna饰）和当时在阿根廷颇为走红的歌手一夜情后，就以此为跳板踏上了前往布宜诺斯艾利斯之路。这个美丽的少女，就是日后名气大震的贝隆夫人。可是，15岁的艾薇塔一无所有，她被抛弃在陌生的城市里，唯一的资本就是自己的美貌。艾薇塔挤入了上流圈子，成为名流男士中间的交际花。随之而来的，是她进军娱乐圈取得的不俗成绩。她一跃成为名人，并在慈善会上结识了贝隆上校（乔纳森·普雷斯 Jonathan Pryce饰），二人情投意合。
艾薇塔从此正式登上了政治舞台。她当上了贝隆政治生涯的贤内助，并一直主张为穷人谋利益。政治的世界风云幻变，而艾薇塔也渐渐找到实现自己政治理想的路径，并为此努力一生，成为阿根廷民众心中的“第一夫人”。

英国BFI制作的纪录片《电影百年》之英国电影

A tribute to Lord Richard Attenborough. Narrated by Alan Rickman with contributions from John Hurt, Ben Kingsley and more.
A much-loved figure in British film, Attenborough started his professional life as an actor with leading roles in films such as Brighton Rock and The Great Escape before forging a career as a film director.
His directorial debut was the 1969 anti-war musical Oh! What A Lovely War but his career highlight behind the camera was probably the 1983 film Gandhi which won eight Oscars including the statuette for best picture and best director. Attenborough, whose younger brother was the nature broadcaster and former BBC executive David Attenborough