Eve
Eve Jihan Cooper (née Jeffers; born November 10, 1978) known mononymously as Eve, is an American rapper, singer, actress, and television presenter from Philadelphia. In 1999, she released her debut album, Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady, which reached number-one on the Billboard 200, making her the third female rapper to accomplish this feat. Eve followed up with three subsequent albums and achieved chart success with her singles, "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (featuring Gwen Stefani), "What Ya Want ", "Who's That Girl", "Gangsta Lovin'" (featuring Alicia Keys), "Satisfaction", "Love Is Blind" (featuring Faith Evans), and "Tambourine." As an actress, Eve is known for her role as Terri Jones in the films Barbershop, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, and Barbershop: The Next Cut, as well as Shelley Williams on the UPN television sitcom Eve. She also appeared in films The Woodsman (2004), The Cookout (2004) and Whip It (2009). From 2017 to 2020, Eve was one of the co-hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk. In 2021, she starred in the American television series, Queens. Eve has received multiple accolades throughout her career, which include a Grammy Award, BET Award, MTV Video Music Award, Teen Choice Award, and two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Eve was placed on VH1's list of the '50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists'. In 2020, Spin named her one of the '30 Greatest Female Rappers Ever'.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Christmas Karma as
- 2021 · Queens as Brianna aka Professor Sex
- 2021 · The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game as Self
- 2020 · VERZUZ as Self
- 2020 · Feel Good as Audrey
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2018 · LadyGang as Self
- 2018 · Happy Together as Herself
- 2018 · Kidding as Herself
- 2016 · Barbershop: The Next Cut as Terri
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · With This Ring as Eve
- 2014 · Jane the Virgin as Eve
- 2014 · Animal as Barbara (uncredited)
- 2013 · All Wifed Out as Natalie
- 2013 · Bounty Killer as Mocha Sujata
- 2012 · Return of the Queen Tour as Self
- 2011 · Whitney as Britnee
- 2011 · Audrina as Herself
- 2011 · Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC as Self
- 2010 · The Talk as Self - Host
- 2010 · Zulu Gumball as Self
- 2010 · My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop as Self
- 2010 · 4.3.2.1 as Latisha
- 2009 · Good Hair as Self
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Glee as Grace Hitchens
- 2009 · Whip It as Rosa Sparks
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2008 · Flashbacks of a Fool as Ophelia Franklin
- 2006 · Big Tit Teachers as
- 2005 · The Tyra Banks Show as
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2004 · The Woodsman as Mary-Kay
- 2004 · The Cookout as Becky
- 2004 · VH1 Divas 2004 as Self
- 2004 · Barbershop 2: Back in Business as Terri
- 2004 · The Celebrity Apprentice as
- 2003 · Eve as Shelley Williams
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Cheyenne Tate / The Talon (voice)
- 2003 · Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Self
- 2003 · America's Next Top Model as Guest
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2002 · xXx as J.J.
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · Barbershop as Terri Jones
- 2001 · Ruff Ryders: Uncensored as Self
- 2001 · One on One as Ida
- 1999 · One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star tribute as Self - Perfomer
- 1999 · Third Watch as Yvette Powell
- 1998 · Britney Spears: The Videos as Self
- 1998 · TRL as
- 1998 · VH1 Divas as Self -Performer
- 1997 · EP Daily as
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Musical Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest