Jill Scott

Born: 4th of April 1972 (53 years old)

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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Jill Scott's Filmography

Abbott Elementary

Abbott Elementary

  •   TV Show
  • 2021
Jill Scott
Love Beats Rhymes

Love Beats Rhymes

  •   Movie
  • 2017
Professor Dixon
Get on Up

Get on Up

  •   Movie
  • 2014
DeeDee Brown
Baggage Claim

Baggage Claim

  •   Movie
  • 2013
Gail Best
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

  •   Movie
  • 2012
Truvy
Why Did I Get Married Too?

Why Did I Get Married Too?

  •   Movie
  • 2010
Sheila
Black Panther

Black Panther

  •   TV Show
  • 2010
Storm (voice)
Why Did I Get Married?

Why Did I Get Married?

  •   Movie
  • 2007
Sheila
Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

  •   Movie
  • 2005
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  •   TV Show
  • 1999
Janice Raleigh
Homegrown Christmas

Homegrown Christmas

  •   Movie
  • 2018
Production Design