
Jill Scott
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self
2005

Highway to Heaven
as Angela Stewart
2021

Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
as Self
2015

Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Sheila
2010

Hounddog
as Big mma thorton
2008

Why Did I Get Married?
as Sheila
2007

Sins of the Mother
as Nona
2010

Cavedweller
as Rosemary
2004

Steel Magnolias
as Truvy
2012

Baggage Claim
as Gail Best
2013

Made in America
as Self
2013

Get On Up
as DeeDee Brown
2014

Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008

Cowgirl's Last Ride
as Cali
TBA

Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
as Self
2006

With This Ring
as Viviane
2015

Michael Jackson: The One
as Self
2004

Outlaw Johnny Black
as Maw Belle
2023

Love Beats Rhymes
as Professor Dixon
2017

VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
as Self
2001
TV Appearances

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Girlfriends
as Donna Williams
2000

The View
as Self
1997

Tamron Hall
as Self
2019

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

VERZUZ
as Self
2020

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as Mma Precious Ramotswe
2009

Black Panther
as Storm (voice)
2010

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Janice Raleigh
1999

The Chris Rock Show
1997

Fringe
as Simone
2008