
Jill Scott
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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Credits
- 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 as
- 2020 · VERZUZ as Self
- 2019 · First Wives Club as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 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 · Fringe as Simone
- 2008 · Jill Scott - Live in Paris as
- 2007 · Why Did I Get Married? as Sheila
- 2007 · Hounddog as Big mma thorton
- 2006 · Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests as
- 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 as
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Cowgirl's Last Ride as Cali
- Future · Why Did I Get Married Again? as Sheila
- Future · Mahalia! as Mahalia Jackson