Eve
Biography
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'.
Movies 27
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as J.J.
2002
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Self
2003
Barbershop: The Next Cut
as Terri
2016
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
as Terri
2004
Whip It
as Rosa Sparks
2009
Barbershop
as Terri Jones
2002
Bounty Killer
as Mocha Sujata
2013
Flashbacks of a Fool
as Ophelia Franklin
2008
The Woodsman
as Mary-Kay
2004
The Cookout
as Becky
2004
Animal
as Barbara (uncredited)
2014
4.3.2.1
as Latisha
2010
The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game
as Self
2021
Good Hair
as Self
2009
With This Ring
as Eve
2015
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
as Self
2010
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
Female American Rap Stars
2004
One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute
as Self - Perfomer
1999
Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC
as Self
2011
The Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute
2002
Scarface: Origins of a Hip Hop Classic
2003
Return of the Queen Tour
as Self
2012
Gwen Stefani : This is What The Truth Feels Like - Live
2016
All Wifed Out
as Natalie
2013
VH1 Divas 2004
as Self
2004
Ruff Ryders: Uncensored
as Self
2001TV Shows 46
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Musical Guest
1993
Empire
as Eve
2015
Conan
as Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
The View
as Self
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
Glee
as Grace Hitchens
2009
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2019
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Numb3rs
as La-La Buendia
2005
Third Watch
as Yvette Powell
1999
America's Next Top Model
as Self - Guest
2003
Jane the Virgin
as Eve
2014
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
The Talk
as Self - Host
2010
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
The Celebrity Apprentice
2004
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
Punk'd
as Self
2003
TRL
1998
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
2002
One on One
as Ida
2001
Eve
as Shelley Williams
2003
Kidding
as Herself
2018
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
as Cheyenne Tate / The Talon (voice)
2003
Whitney
as Britnee
2011
Feel Good
as Audrey
2020
KPOPPED
as Self
2025
Queens
as Brianna aka Professor Sex
2021
Happy Together
as Herself
2018
VERZUZ
as Self
2020
Secret Celebrity Renovation
as Self
2021
Zulu Gumball
as Self
2010
LadyGang
as Self
2018
Uncensored
2018
VH1 Divas
as Self -Performer
1998
Audrina
as Herself
2011
The Grammys
as Self
1959