Jill Scott

Jill Scott

Born 1972-04-04 (age 54) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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.

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Known For

Get On Up
Get On Up

2014

as DeeDee Brown

Baggage Claim
Baggage Claim

2013

as Gail Best

Hounddog
Hounddog

2008

as Big mma thorton

Why Did I Get Married?
Flint
Flint

2017

as Nayyirah Shariff

Why Did I Get Married Too?
Cavedweller
Cavedweller

2004

as Rosemary

Outlaw Johnny Black
Outlaw Johnny Black

2023

as Maw Belle

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias

2012

as Truvy

Black Panther
Black Panther

2010

as Storm

Love Beats Rhymes
Love Beats Rhymes

2017

as Professor Dixon

Michael Jackson: The One
With This Ring
With This Ring

2015

as Viviane

Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven

2021

as Angela Stewart

Sins of the Mother