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'.

Filmography

• Queens — Brianna aka Professor Sex
• Feel Good — Audrey
• Uncensored
• 2016Barbershop: The Next Cut — Terri
• 2016Gwen Stefani : This is What The Truth Feels Like - Live
• 2016VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
• Empire — Eve
• 2015With This Ring — Eve
• 2014Animal — Barbara (uncredited)
• Jane the Virgin — Eve
• 2013All Wifed Out — Natalie
• 2013Bounty Killer — Mocha Sujata
• Whitney — Britnee
• 20104.3.2.1 — Latisha
• Glee — Grace Hitchens
• 2009Whip It — Rosa Sparks
• 2008Flashbacks of a Fool — Ophelia Franklin
• Numb3rs — La-La Buendia
• The Tyra Banks Show
• 2004Barbershop 2: Back in Business — Terri
• 2004Female American Rap Stars
• The Celebrity Apprentice
• 2004The Cookout — Becky
• 2004The Woodsman — Mary-Kay
• Eve — Shelley Williams, Producer
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series — Cheyenne Tate / The Talon (voice)
• 2002Barbershop — Terri Jones
• 2002The Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute
• 2002xXx — J.J.
• One on One — Ida
• Third Watch — Yvette Powell
• TRL
• EP Daily
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Appearances as themselves (37)

• KPOPPED — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• Secret Celebrity Renovation — Self
• 2021The Real Queens of Hip Hop: The Women Who Changed the Game — Self
• VERZUZ — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Happy Together — Herself
• Kidding — Herself
• LadyGang — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• 2012Return of the Queen Tour — Self
• Audrina — Herself
• 2011Gumball 3000: LDN 2 NYC — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop — Self
• The Talk — Self - Host
• Zulu Gumball — Self
• 2009Good Hair — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2004VH1 Divas 2004 — Self
• America's Next Top Model — Self - Guest
• 2003Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle — Self
• Punk'd — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self
• 2001Ruff Ryders: Uncensored — Self
• 1999One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute — Self - Perfomer
• VH1 Divas — Self -Performer
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys — Self