Jill Scott
Acting • Born 1972-04-04
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.
Filmography
47 credits
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Movie • 2005
Self
Highway to Heaven
Movie • 2021
Angela Stewart
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
Movie • 2015
Self
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Movie • 2010
Sheila
Hounddog
Movie • 2008
Big mma thorton
Why Did I Get Married?
Movie • 2007
Sheila
Sins of the Mother
Movie • 2010
Nona
Cavedweller
Movie • 2004
Rosemary
Steel Magnolias
Movie • 2012
Truvy
Baggage Claim
Movie • 2013
Gail Best
Made in America
Movie • 2013
Self
Get On Up
Movie • 2014
DeeDee Brown
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
Movie • 2008
Cowgirl's Last Ride
Movie
Cali
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
Movie • 2006
Self
With This Ring
Movie • 2015
Viviane
Michael Jackson: The One
Movie • 2004
Self
Outlaw Johnny Black
Movie • 2023
Maw Belle
Love Beats Rhymes
Movie • 2017
Professor Dixon
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
Movie • 2001
Self
Flint
Movie • 2017
Nayyirah Shariff
Black Panther
Movie • 2010
Storm
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Movie • 2016
Self - Performer
Mahalia!
Movie
Mahalia Jackson
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Movie
Sheila
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Movie
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Girlfriends
TV • 2000
Donna Williams
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
VERZUZ
TV • 2020
Self
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
TV • 2009
Mma Precious Ramotswe
Black Panther
TV • 2010
Storm (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Janice Raleigh
The Chris Rock Show
TV • 1997
Fringe
TV • 2008
Simone
Black Lightning
TV • 2018
Lady Eve
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
First Wives Club
TV • 2019
Hazel Rachelle
black-ish
TV • 2014
Yaya
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
TV • 2020
The Weakest Link
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
Abbott Elementary
TV • 2021
Jill Scott
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Football Fantastics
TV • 2025
Jill Scott