Eve
Gender:	Female
Age:	34
Born:	November 10, 1978
Character:	Grace Hitchens
Occupation:	Actress, singer, clothing designer
Years Active:	1997-present

Eve Jihan Jeffers (born November 10, 1978), is an American recording artist and actress. She has sold 5 million of her three albums across the world. Eve had got her own TV show Eve, that she starred in, which lasted for three seasons. The rapper, singer, as well as actress has had wonderful accomplishment in the fashion world from her clothing line called "Fetish". Eve won the rank number 48 on VH1's "50 Greatest Women Of The Video Era" list. She appeared on Glee as a guest star during the Hairography episode.

Early life

Jeffers was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by her mother, Julia Wilch-Jeffers, whose occupation was a publishing company supervisor. Her father was Jerry Jeffers, a man who supervised chemical plants. She was nicknamed 'Gangsta' in high school, and became part of an strictly female organization named EDGP (which is pronounced Egypt). She later went solo, with the new name 'Eve of Destruction'.

Eve became interested in singing during her early years in her hometown. She sang in many choirs and also formed a female-only singing group dubbed "Dope Girl Posse" (also known as D.G.P.) with assistance from a manager. D.G.P. covered songs from many other musical acts, such as En Vogue and Color Me Badd. Soon, inspired from the suggestion of their manager, the group decided to begin rapping. She then went on to form a rapping group. Dope Girl Posse later split apart, and so Eve began working on her solo career. Eve worked hard on her musical career, sacrificing her education along the way. Julia, her mother, married another man, and Eve set off to work as a stripper in a club. Fellow rapper Mase influenced her to commit to rapping.

Career

In her career, Eve released three albums - "Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders' First Lady", "Scorpion", and "Eve-Olution", all to much rewards and success. She also worked on guest singles. She is currently working on her fourth album, entitled "Flirt". She also has had a somewhat successful acting career, including her self-titled TV show, and guest-starring in two episodes of Glee as Grace Hitchens. She also featured in Guy Sebastians "whos that girl".

Discography

• Let There Be Eve…Ruff Ryders' First Lady (1999)
• Scorpion (2001)
• Eve-Olution (2002)
• Lip Lock (2013)

Filmography

Awards and nominations

• BET Awards
  • 2001, Best Female Hip-Hop Artist (Winner)
• American Music Awards
  • 2003, Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist (Nominated)
• NAACP Image Awards
  • 2000, Outstanding New Artist (Winner)
• Black Reel Awards
  • 2005, Best Actress (Independent): The Woodsman (Nominated)

• Grammy Awards
  • 2003, Best Female Rap Solo Performance: "Satisfaction" (Nominated)
  • 2002, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" w/ Gwen Stefani (Winner)
  • 2002, Best Rap Album: Scorpion (Nominated)

• Image Awards
  • 2005, Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series: "Eve" (Nominated)
  • 2004, Outstanding Music Duo or Group (with Mary J. Blige) (Nominated)
  • 2003, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Barbershop (Nominated)

• Lady of Soul Awards
  • 2001, Best Music Video: "Who's That Girl" (Nominated)
  • 2000, Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist: "Gotta Man" (Nominated)
  • 2000, Best R&B/Soul Female Solo Album of the Year: Let There Be Light (Winner)** 2000, Best Music Video: "Love Is Blind" (Nominated)

• MTV Movie Awards
  • 2003, Best Female Breakthrough Performance: Barbershop (Nominated)

• MTV Video Music Awards
  • 2007, Best Choreography: "Tambourine" (Nominee)
  • 2001, Best Female Video: "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Gwen Stefani (Winner)
  • 2001, Viewer's Choice: "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Gwen Stefani (Nominated)
  • 2001, Best Hip-Hop Video: "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" with Gwen Stefani (Nominated)
  • 2000, Best Rap Video: "Love Is Blind" (Nominated)

• MOBO Awards
  • 2001, Best Hip-Hop Act (Nominated)

• Soul Train Awards
  • 2000, Best New R&B/Soul or Rap Artist: "Gotta Man" (Nominated)
  • 2000, Best Music Video: "Hot Boyz" with Missy Elliott, Nas (rapper), & Lil' Mo (Nominated)

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