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Home/People/Jill Scott
Jill Scott profile photo
Born
Apr 4, 1972
Age 53
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

26
Movies
21
TV Shows
Also Known As
Jill Heather Scott
IMDb ProfileOfficial Website

Jill Scott

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.
Outlaw Johnny Black poster

Outlaw Johnny Black

as Maw Belle
2023
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

as Angela Stewart
2021
Love Beats Rhymes poster

Love Beats Rhymes

as Professor Dixon
2017
Flint poster

Flint

as Nayyirah Shariff
2017
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration poster

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

as Self - Performer
2016
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute poster

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

as Self
2015
With This Ring poster

With This Ring

as Viviane
2015
Get On Up poster

Get On Up

as DeeDee Brown
2014
Made in America poster

Made in America

as Self
2013
Baggage Claim poster

Baggage Claim

as Gail Best
2013
Steel Magnolias poster

Steel Magnolias

as Truvy
2012
Why Did I Get Married Too? poster

Why Did I Get Married Too?

as Sheila
2010
Sins of the Mother poster

Sins of the Mother

as Nona
2010
Black Panther poster

Black Panther

as Storm
2010
Hounddog poster

Hounddog

as Big mma thorton
2008
Jill Scott - Live in Paris poster

Jill Scott - Live in Paris

Cast
2008
Why Did I Get Married? poster

Why Did I Get Married?

as Sheila
2007
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests poster

Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests

as Self
2006
Dave Chappelle's Block Party poster

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

as Self
2005
Cavedweller poster

Cavedweller

as Rosemary
2004