Biography
Eve is an American rapper, singer, and actress who broke through with her debut album, Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999), which topped the Billboard 200 and earned double platinum certification. Its singles included Love Is Blind and Gotta Man. Her follow-up albums, Scorpion (2001) and Eve-Olution (2002), kept her commercial momentum going, and Let Me Blow Ya Mind, a duet with Gwen Stefani, won the first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. On screen, she portrayed Terri Jones in Barbershop (2002), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016), and she headlined the UPN sitcom Eve as Shelley Williams. Her other films include The Woodsman (2004), The Cookout (2004), Flashbacks of a Fool (2008), Bounty Killer (2013), Animal (2014), and With This Ring (2015). Between 2017 and 2020 she shared hosting duties on the CBS daytime program The Talk, work that brought her two Daytime Emmy Award nominations.
48years old
Turns 49 on November 10in 365 days
- Born Philadelphia
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Eve Jihan Jeffers (birth name)Also credited as Eve Jihan Cooper and Eve Jeffers
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 14 years2002 to 2016
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A first
Eve's debut album Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady made her the third female rapper to top the Billboard 200, following Lauryn Hill and Foxy Brown.
Behind the award
Eve's second single, "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," featured Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. In 2002 the track earned a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, a category that had just been introduced.
About the name
Eve sang in choirs and started an all-female group, Dope Girl Posse, with a manager. Their manager told them to try rapping, and after the group broke up she went solo as "Eve of Destruction".
Behind the camera
On May 14, 2013, Eve put out Lip Lock, her fourth album, under her own label From The Rib Music, with distribution through Sony/RED.
A change of course
In 1998, Eve was signed to Dr. Dre's record label Aftermath Entertainment and appeared on the Bulworth soundtrack credited as Eve of Destruction.
Eve movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Six actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Awards
Three awards and honors from 2002 to 2020, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2020 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Talk | Won |
| 2019 | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host | The Talk | Won |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 2002 | Best Melodic Rap Performance | Let Me Blow Ya Mind | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.