Eve Jeffers Cooper – With This Ring Cast

Eve Jeffers Cooper

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Eve Jeffers Cooper is an actress and Grammy-award winning musician who’s already racked up an impressive hit list (“Let Me Blow Ya Mind,” “Gangsta Lovin’,” “Who’s that Girl,” Satisfaction,” “Tambourine,” etc.) along with four multi-million selling albums (Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders’ First Lady, Scorpion, Eve-Olution and Lip Lock). She has earned rave reviews from critics and set “a new standard in hip-hop,” according to Entertainment Weekly.

Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania she was the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002 for the song “Let Me Blow Ya Mind,” with singer Gwen Stefani. Eve was also number 48 on VH1’s “50 Greatest Women of the Video Era” list. Throughout her career she has collaborated with numerous other prominent artists including: Alicia Keys, Ludacris, Jill Scott, DMX, Swizz Beatz, Prince, Dr. Dre, DMX, Juicy J, The Roots and Missy Elliott. Aside from her Grammy Award, she has been the recipient of countless other musical honors including a BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist and an NAACP Image Award for Best New Artist when she originally exploded onto the scene in 2000.

As an actress Eve has appeared in multiple films such as “xXx” with Vin Diesel, both “Barbershop” and “Barbershop 2: Back in Business” with Ice Cube, “The Cookout” with Queen Latifah and Meagan Good, “Flash Backs of a Fool” opposite Daniel Craig and “The Woodsman” with Kevin Bacon. On television she is best known for starring in her own self-titled UPN sitcom, “Eve,” as fashion designer Shelley Williams. Recently she had a recurring role on “Glee” as the rival glee club coach, Grace Hitchens, and appeared on four episodes of the Oxygen series “Sisterhood of Hip Hop” as one of the distinguished music mentors to up and coming female rappers.

She has also achieved success in the fashion industry with her clothing line, Fetish, and was once the recipient of a Breakthrough Style Award from Vogue.

Eve currently resides in London and is in development on a multi-camera sitcom for ABC that she will star in and produce alongside Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment. It is intended for the 2014-2015 pilot season and explores the dynamic of a romantic interracial relationship.