Born 1972 (age 54) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Appears in 51 titles

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.

Filmography

Get On Up
6.8
Get On Up
2014
as DeeDee Brown
Baggage Claim
5.3
Baggage Claim
2013
as Gail Best
Why Did I Get Married?
6.5
Why Did I Get Married?
2007
as Sheila
Why Did I Get Married Too?
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
as Sheila
Hounddog
6.4
Hounddog
2008
as Big mma thorton
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Love Beats Rhymes
5.6
Love Beats Rhymes
2017
as Professor Dixon
Steel Magnolias
6.9
Steel Magnolias
2012
as Truvy
With This Ring
5.8
With This Ring
2015
as Viviane
Black Panther
6.2
Black Panther
2010
as Storm
Outlaw Johnny Black
5.4
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
as Maw Belle
Cavedweller
5.8
Cavedweller
2004
as Rosemary
Flint
6.8
Flint
2017
as Nayyirah Shariff
Made in America
4.2
Made in America
2013
as Self
Highway to Heaven
4.2
Highway to Heaven
2021
as Angela Stewart
Sins of the Mother
7.3
Sins of the Mother
2010
as Nona
Michael Jackson: The One
8.0
Michael Jackson: The One
2004
as Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration