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Jill Scott
Actor

Jill Scott

4 Apr 1972Born
54Age
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USABirthplace

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.

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. TBACowgirl's Last RideFilm: Cali
  2. TBAMahalia!Film: Mahalia Jackson
  3. 2026Why Did I Get Married Again?Film: Sheila
  4. 2025EllaFilm: Ella
  5. 2025Football FantasticsSeries: Jill Scott (14 episodes)
  6. 2023Outlaw Johnny BlackFilm: Maw Belle
  7. 2021Abbott ElementarySeries: Jill Scott (1 episode)
  8. 2021Highway to HeavenFilm: Angela Stewart
  9. 2020Bookmarks: Celebrating Black VoicesSeries (1 episode)
  10. 2019First Wives ClubSeries: Hazel Rachelle (29 episodes)
  11. 2018Black LightningSeries: Lady Eve (8 episodes)
  12. 2017Love Beats RhymesFilm: Professor Dixon
  13. 2017FlintFilm: Nayyirah Shariff
  14. 2015With This RingFilm: Viviane
  15. 2014black-ishSeries: Yaya (1 episode)
  16. 2014Get On UpFilm: DeeDee Brown
  17. 2013Baggage ClaimFilm: Gail Best
  18. 2012Steel MagnoliasFilm: Truvy
  19. 2010Why Did I Get Married Too?Film: Sheila
  20. 2010Sins of the MotherFilm: Nona
  21. 2010Black PantherFilm: Storm
  22. 2010Black PantherSeries: Storm (voice) (6 episodes)
  23. 2009The No. 1 Ladies' Detective AgencySeries: Mma Precious Ramotswe (6 episodes)
  24. 2008HounddogFilm: Big mma thorton
  25. 2008FringeSeries: Simone (1 episode)
  26. 2008Jill Scott - Live in ParisFilm
  27. 2007Why Did I Get Married?Film: Sheila
  28. 2004CavedwellerFilm: Rosemary
  29. 2000GirlfriendsSeries: Donna Williams (4 episodes)
  30. 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries: Janice Raleigh (1 episode)
  31. 1997The Chris Rock ShowSeries (1 episode)

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