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 EveRuff Ryders First Lady which reached numberone 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 Whos 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 cohosts 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 VH1s list of the 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists In 2020 Spin named her one of the 30 Greatest Female Rappers Ever