Jill Scott
Born: 1972-04-04 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- Football Fantastics as Jill Scott
2023
- Outlaw Johnny Black as Maw Belle
2022
- Inventing the Christmas Prince ... (Production Design)
2021
- Abbott Elementary as Jill Scott
- The Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
- Blankety Blank as Self - Panellist
- Highway to Heaven as Angela Stewart
2020
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self
- First Wives Club as Hazel Rachelle
2018
- Black Lightning as Lady Eve
- Homegrown Christmas ... (Production Design)
2017
- Flint as Nayyirah Shariff
- Love Beats Rhymes as Professor Dixon
2016
- BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration as Self - Performer
2015
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- black-ish as Yaya
- Get On Up as DeeDee Brown
2013
- Baggage Claim as Gail Best
- Made in America as Self
2012
- Steel Magnolias as Truvy
2010
- Black Panther as Storm (voice)
- Why Did I Get Married Too? as Sheila
- Black Panther as Storm
- Sins of the Mother as Nona
2009
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as Mma Precious Ramotswe
2008
- Fringe as Simone
- Hounddog as Big mma thorton
- Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2007
- Why Did I Get Married? as Sheila
2006
2005
- The Reichen Show as Self
- Dave Chappelle's Block Party as Self
2004
- Michael Jackson: The One as Self
- Cavedweller as Rosemary
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2001
2000
- Girlfriends as Donna Williams
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Janice Raleigh
1997
- The View as Self
- The Chris Rock Show
1953
- The Oscars as Self