Jill Scott
Acting
1972-04-04 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
TheatersWhy Did I Get Married Again?
2026 · Movie
Ella
2025 · Movie
Football Fantastics
2025 · Series
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023 · Movie
Inventing the Christmas Prince
2022 · Movie
The Weakest Link
2021 · Series
Abbott Elementary
2021 · Series
Highway to Heaven
2021 · Movie
Blankety Blank
2021 · Series
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020 · Series
VERZUZ
2020 · Series
First Wives Club
2019 · Series
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
Homegrown Christmas
2018 · Movie
Black Lightning
2018 · Series
Love Beats Rhymes
2017 · Movie
Flint
2017 · Movie
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016 · Movie
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015 · Movie
With This Ring
2015 · Movie
black-ish
2014 · Series
Get On Up
2014 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Made in America
2013 · Movie
Baggage Claim
2013 · Movie
Steel Magnolias
2012 · Movie
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010 · Movie
Sins of the Mother
2010 · Movie
Black Panther
2010 · Movie
Black Panther
2010 · Series
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009 · Series
Hounddog
2008 · Movie
Fringe
2008 · Series
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008 · Movie
Why Did I Get Married?
2007 · Movie
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
2006 · Movie
The Reichen Show
2005 · Series
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005 · Movie
Cavedweller
2004 · Movie
Michael Jackson: The One
2004 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
2001 · Movie
Girlfriends
2000 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Movie
Cowgirl's Last Ride
Movie
Mahalia!
Movie