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Jill Scott
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn April 4, 1972 (53 years)
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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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
Jill Scott Filmography
| 2023 | Outlaw Johnny Black · as Maw Belle |
| 2021 | Highway to Heaven · as Angela Stewart |
| 2020 | Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices (TV Series) |
| 2019 | First Wives Club (TV Series) · as Hazel Rachelle |
| 2018 | Black Lightning (TV Series) · as Lady Eve |
| 2017 | Love Beats Rhymes · as Professor Dixon |
| 2017 | Flint · as Nayyirah Shariff |
| 2015 | With This Ring · as Viviane |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Yaya |
| 2014 | Get on Up · as Deedee Brown |
| 2013 | Baggage Claim · as Gail Best |
| 2013 | Fading Gigolo · as Cast |
| 2013 | Being Mary Jane (TV Series) · as Jackie |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias · as Truvy |
| 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? · as Sheila |
| 2010 | Sins of the Mother · as Nona |
| 2010 | Black Panther · as Storm |
| 2010 | Black Panther (TV Series) · as Storm (voice) |
| 2008 | Fringe (TV Series) · as Simone |
| 2008 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV Series) · as Mma Precious Ramotswe |
| 2007 | Why Did I Get Married? · as Sheila |
| 2007 | Hounddog · as Big Mma Thorton |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Beth |
| 2004 | Cavedweller · as Rosemary |
| 2000 | Girlfriends (TV Series) · as Donna Williams |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Janice Raleigh |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Musical Guest |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Performer |
| 2021 | The Weakest Link (2021) (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary (TV Series) · as Jill Scott |
| 2021 | BET Awards 2021 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | VERZUZ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | 51st NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (TV Series) · as Self - Singer, Songwriter, Actress, And Poet |
| 2016 | Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2016 | Soul Train Awards Post Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration · as Self - Performer |
| 2016 | Chelsea (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | 2015 Soul Train Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2015 | Black Girls Rock! · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | The Meredith Vieira Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | Made in America · as Self |
| 2012 | Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | 43rd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2011 | 2011 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | Black Girls Rock! 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | Anderson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | BET Awards 2011 · as Self |
| 2011 | Big Morning Buzz Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Black Girls Rock · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | 41st NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | BET Awards '08 · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The BET Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2007 | Sunday Best (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | What Perez Sez (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | SeeMore's Playhouse (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Dave Chappelle's Block Party · as Self |
| 2005 | The 47th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Michael Jackson: The One · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | I Love the 70s (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | 8th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 2002 | Tinseltown TV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Def Poetry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | 2nd Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | 7th Annual BET Walk of Fame · as Self - Performer |
| 2001 | 7th Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | 32nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2001 | The 15th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | 106 & Park (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Barend en Van Dorp (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2021 | Highway to Heaven · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | In Our Mothers' Gardens · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | First Wives Club (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Inventing the Christmas Prince · as Production Design |
| 2018 | Homegrown Christmas · as Production Design |