Jill Scott

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1972-04-04

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jill Scott (singer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2025
Football Fantastics as Jill Scott
2023
Outlaw Johnny Black as Maw Belle
2021
The Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
2021
Abbott Elementary as Jill Scott
2021
Highway to Heaven as Angela Stewart
2020
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
VERZUZ as Self
2019
First Wives Club as Hazel Rachelle
2019
Tamron Hall as Self
2018
Black Lightning as Lady Eve
2017
Love Beats Rhymes as Professor Dixon
2017
Flint as Nayyirah Shariff
2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self - Performer
2015
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute as Self
2015
With This Ring as Viviane
2014
black-ish as Yaya
2014
Get on Up as DeeDee Brown
2013
Made in America as Self
2013
Baggage Claim as Gail Best
2012
Steel Magnolias as Truvy
2010
Why Did I Get Married Too? as Sheila
2010
Sins of the Mother as Nona
2010
Black Panther as Storm
2010
Black Panther as Storm (voice)
2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as Mma Precious Ramotswe
2008
Hounddog as Big mma thorton
2008
Fringe as Simone
2008
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2007
Why Did I Get Married? as Sheila
2006
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests as Self
2005
The Reichen Show as Self
2005
Dave Chappelle's Block Party as Self
2004
Cavedweller as Rosemary
2004
Michael Jackson: The One as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2001
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin as Self
2000
Girlfriends as Donna Williams
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Janice Raleigh
1997
The View as Self
1997
The Chris Rock Show
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1953
The Oscars as Self
Cowgirl's Last Ride as Cali
Why Did I Get Married Again? as Sheila
Mahalia! as Mahalia Jackson