Jill Scott
Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1972
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
29 movies · 23 TV shows, newest first
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Why Did I Get Married Again?
2026NR
Ella
2025
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Football Fantastics
2025
5.4
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
6.8
Inventing the Christmas Prince
2022
6.0
The Weakest Link
2021
7.5
Abbott Elementary
2021
4.2
Highway to Heaven
2021
7.0
Blankety Blank
2021
5.4
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
10.0
VERZUZ
2020
8.0
First Wives Club
2019
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
4.8
Homegrown Christmas
2018
6.9
Black Lightning
2018
5.6
Love Beats Rhymes
2017
6.8
Flint
2017
9.0
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
8.0
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015
5.8
With This Ring
2015
7.1
black-ish
2014
6.8
Get On Up
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
4.2
Made in America
2013
5.3
Baggage Claim
2013
6.9
Steel Magnolias
2012
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
7.3
Sins of the Mother
2010
6.2
Black Panther
2010
6.9
Black Panther
2010
6.7
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009
6.5
Hounddog
2008
8.1
Fringe
2008
10.0
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008
6.5
Why Did I Get Married?
2007
6.8
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
20064.8
The Reichen Show
2005
6.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
5.8
Cavedweller
2004
8.0
Michael Jackson: The One
2004
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
8.0
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
2001
7.3
Girlfriends
2000
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
4.3
The View
1997
4.6
The Chris Rock Show
1997
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
7.0
The Oscars
1953
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Cowgirl's Last Ride
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Mahalia!
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
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