Jill Scott
Acting
- Born:
- 1972-04-04
- Place of birth:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Ella
Football Fantastics
Outlaw Johnny Black
The Weakest Link
Abbott Elementary
Highway to Heaven
Blankety Blank
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
VERZUZ
First Wives Club
The Tamron Hall Show
Black Lightning
Love Beats Rhymes
Flint
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
With This Ring
black-ish
Get On Up
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Made in America
Baggage Claim
Steel Magnolias
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Sins of the Mother
Black Panther
Black Panther
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Hounddog
Fringe
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
Why Did I Get Married?
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
The Reichen Show
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Cavedweller
Michael Jackson: The One
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
Girlfriends
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The View
The Chris Rock Show
Later... with Jools Holland
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
Cowgirl's Last Ride
Mahalia!
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2