
Jill Scott
Biography
Jill Heather Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, model, poet, and actress. Her 2000 debut album, Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1, went platinum and the follow-ups Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (2004) and The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007) both achieved gold status.
Scott made her film debut in 2007 in Hounddog and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?. In 2008, she starred in the BBC/HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, based on the novels of the same name by Alexander McCall Smith. After a four-year hiatus from music, Scott released her fourth album, The Light of the Sun, in 2011. In 2014, she starred in the film Get on Up as Deidre "Dee Dee" Jenkins, the second wife of James Brown. In 2015, she released her fifth album, Woman. Beginning in 2018, Scott appeared in The CW DC Comics superhero series Black Lightning as Lady Eve.
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Acting History
2025
Football Fantastics as Jill Scott
2023Outlaw Johnny Black as Maw Belle
2021The Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
2021Abbott Elementary as Jill Scott
2021Highway to Heaven as Angela Stewart
2020Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020VERZUZ as Self
2019First Wives Club as Hazel Rachelle
2019Tamron Hall as Self
2018Black Lightning as Lady Eve
2017Love Beats Rhymes as Professor Dixon
2017Flint as Nayyirah Shariff
2016BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self - Performer
2015Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute as Self
2015With This Ring as Viviane
2014black-ish as Yaya
2014Get on Up as DeeDee Brown
2013Made in America as Self
2013Baggage Claim as Gail Best
2012Steel Magnolias as Truvy
2010Why Did I Get Married Too? as Sheila
2010Sins of the Mother as Nona
2010Black Panther as Storm
2010Black Panther as Storm (voice)
2009The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as Mma Precious Ramotswe
2008Hounddog as Big mma thorton
2008Fringe as Simone
2008Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2007Why Did I Get Married? as Sheila
2006Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests as Self
2005The Reichen Show as Self
2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party as Self
2004Cavedweller as Rosemary
2004Michael Jackson: The One as Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2001VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin as Self
2000Girlfriends as Donna Williams
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Janice Raleigh
1997The View as Self
1997The Chris Rock Show
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1953The Oscars as Self
—Cowgirl's Last Ride as Cali
—Why Did I Get Married Again? as Sheila
—Mahalia! as Mahalia Jackson









