
Jill Scott
Department: 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.
Known For

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005

Highway to Heaven
2021

Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015

Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010

Hounddog
2008

Why Did I Get Married?
2007

Sins of the Mother
2010

Cavedweller
2004

Steel Magnolias
2012

Baggage Claim
2013

Made in America
2013

Get On Up
2014

Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008

Cowgirl's Last Ride
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Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
2006

With This Ring
2015

Michael Jackson: The One
2004

Outlaw Johnny Black
2023

Love Beats Rhymes
2017

VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
2001

Flint
2017

Black Panther
2010

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016

Mahalia!
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Why Did I Get Married Again?
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Girlfriends
2000

The View
1997

Tamron Hall
2019

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

VERZUZ
2020

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009

Black Panther
2010

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

The Chris Rock Show
1997

Fringe
2008

Black Lightning
2018

The Reichen Show
2005

First Wives Club
2019

black-ish
2014

Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020

The Weakest Link
2021

Abbott Elementary
2021

The Oscars
1953

Football Fantastics
2025