Jill Scott

Acting

Jill Scott

Born April 4, 1972Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA48 credits

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

Filmography

Outlaw Johnny Black
2023Outlaw Johnny Black
as Maw BelleMovie
The Weakest Link
2021The Weakest Link
as Self - ContestantTV
Abbott Elementary
2021Abbott Elementary
as Jill ScottTV
Highway to Heaven
2021Highway to Heaven
as Angela StewartMovie
Blankety Blank
2021Blankety Blank
as Self - PanellistTV
VERZUZ
2020VERZUZ
as SelfTV
First Wives Club
2019First Wives Club
as Hazel RachelleTV
Black Lightning
2018Black Lightning
as Lady EveTV
Love Beats Rhymes
2017Love Beats Rhymes
as Professor DixonMovie
Flint
2017Flint
as Nayyirah ShariffMovie
With This Ring
2015With This Ring
as VivianeMovie
black-ish
2014black-ish
as YayaTV
Get On Up
2014Get On Up
as DeeDee BrownMovie
Baggage Claim
2013Baggage Claim
as Gail BestMovie
Steel Magnolias
2012Steel Magnolias
as TruvyMovie
Black Panther
2010Black Panther
as StormMovie
Black Panther
2010Black Panther
as Storm (voice)TV
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as Mma Precious RamotsweTV
Hounddog
2008Hounddog
as Big mma thortonMovie
Fringe
2008Fringe
as SimoneTV
Cavedweller
2004Cavedweller
as RosemaryMovie
Girlfriends
2000Girlfriends
as Donna WilliamsTV
The View
1997The View
as SelfTV
M
Mahalia!
as Mahalia JacksonMovie