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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 4, 1972
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Jill Heather Scott
Jill Scott
0.7 Popularity
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
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Jill Scott
Football Fantastics
2025
5.5
Maw Belle
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
6.0
Self - Contestant
The Weakest Link
2021
7.4
Jill Scott
Abbott Elementary
2021
4.0
Angela Stewart
Highway to Heaven
2021
5.4
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
10.0
Self
VERZUZ
2020
8.0
Hazel Rachelle
First Wives Club
2019
4.9
Self
Tamron Hall
2019
6.9
Lady Eve
Black Lightning
2018
Credits
Football Fantastics
as Jill Scott
2025
0.0
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Maw Belle
2023
5.5
The Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant
2021
6.0
Abbott Elementary
as Jill Scott
2021
7.4
Highway to Heaven
as Angela Stewart
2021
4.0
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
5.4
VERZUZ
as Self
2020
10.0
First Wives Club
as Hazel Rachelle
2019
8.0
Tamron Hall
as Self
2019
4.9
Black Lightning
as Lady Eve
2018
6.9
Love Beats Rhymes
as Professor Dixon
2017
5.6
Flint
as Nayyirah Shariff
2017
6.8
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self - Performer
2016
9.0
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
as Self
2015
8.0
With This Ring
as Viviane
2015
5.9
black-ish
as Yaya
2014
7.1
Get on Up
as DeeDee Brown
2014
6.8
Made in America
as Self
2013
4.2
Baggage Claim
as Gail Best
2013
5.3
Steel Magnolias
as Truvy
2012
7.0
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Sheila
2010
6.5
Sins of the Mother
as Nona
2010
7.3
Black Panther
as Storm
2010
6.2
Black Panther
as Storm (voice)
2010
6.8
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as Mma Precious Ramotswe
2009
6.7
Hounddog
as Big mma thorton
2008
6.4
Fringe
as Simone
2008
8.1
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008
10.0
Why Did I Get Married?
as Sheila
2007
6.5
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
as Self
2006
6.8
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self
2005
6.8
Cavedweller
as Rosemary
2004
5.7
Michael Jackson: The One
as Self
2004
8.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
as Self
2001
0.0
Girlfriends
as Donna Williams
2000
7.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Janice Raleigh
1999
7.9
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The Chris Rock Show
1997
4.2
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Cowgirl's Last Ride
as Cali
N/A
0.0
🎬
Why Did I Get Married Again?
as Sheila
N/A
0.0
🎬
Mahalia!
as Mahalia Jackson
N/A
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