Jill Scott
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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
Credits
Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
as Sheila
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
as Sheila
Get On Up (2014)
as DeeDee Brown
Hounddog (2008)
as Big mma thorton
Steel Magnolias (2012)
as Truvy
Baggage Claim (2013)
as Gail Best
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005)
as Self
Outlaw Johnny Black (2023)
as Maw Belle
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 (—)
as Self
Ella (2025)
as Ella
Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
as Professor Dixon
Black Panther (2010)
as Storm
Why Did I Get Married Again? (2026)
as Sheila
Michael Jackson: The One (2004)
as Self
Sins of the Mother (2010)
as Nona
Cavedweller (2004)
as Rosemary
Cowgirl's Last Ride (—)
as Cali
With This Ring (2015)
as Viviane
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin (2001)
as Self
Jill Scott - Live in Paris (2008)
Actor
Made in America (2013)
as Self
Flint (2017)
as Nayyirah Shariff
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests (2006)
as Self
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute (2015)
as Self
Mahalia! (—)
as Mahalia Jackson
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration (2016)
as Self - Performer
Highway to Heaven (2021)
as Angela Stewart