Jill Scott
- Acting
- April 4, 1972 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Why Did I Get Married Again? · Sheila
- Ella · Ella
- Football Fantastics · Jill Scott
- Outlaw Johnny Black · Maw Belle
- Inventing the Christmas Prince · Production Design
- The Weakest Link · Self
- Abbott Elementary · Jill Scott
- Highway to Heaven · Angela Stewart, Executive producer
- Blankety Blank · Self
- Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
- VERZUZ · Self
- First Wives Club · Hazel Rachelle
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- Homegrown Christmas · Production Design
- Black Lightning · Lady Eve
- Love Beats Rhymes · Professor Dixon
- Flint · Nayyirah Shariff
- BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration · Self
- Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute · Self
- With This Ring · Viviane
- black-ish · Yaya
- Get On Up · DeeDee Brown
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Made in America · Self
- Baggage Claim · Gail Best
- Steel Magnolias · Truvy
- Why Did I Get Married Too? · Sheila
- Sins of the Mother · Nona
- Black Panther · Storm
- Black Panther · Storm (Voice)
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency · Mma Precious Ramotswe
- Hounddog · Big mma thorton
- Fringe · Simone
- Jill Scott - Live in Paris
- Why Did I Get Married? · Sheila
- Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests · Self
- The Reichen Show · Self
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party · Self
- Cavedweller · Rosemary
- Michael Jackson: The One · Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin · Self
- Girlfriends · Donna Williams
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Janice Raleigh
- The View · Self
- The Chris Rock Show
- Later... with Jools Holland
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- Cowgirl's Last Ride · Cali
- Mahalia! · Mahalia Jackson
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 · Self