Jill Scott
Acting
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.
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tvFootball Fantastics
2025
Jill Scott
movieOutlaw Johnny Black
2023
Maw Belle
tvThe Weakest Link
2021
Self - Contestant
tvAbbott Elementary
2021
Jill Scott
movieHighway to Heaven
2021
Angela Stewart
tvBlankety Blank
2021
Self - Panellist
tvVERZUZ
2020
Self
tvFirst Wives Club
2019
Hazel Rachelle
tvBlack Lightning
2018
Lady Eve
movieLove Beats Rhymes
2017
Professor Dixon
movieFlint
2017
Nayyirah Shariff
movieBET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
Self - Performer
movieWith This Ring
2015
Viviane
tvblack-ish
2014
Yaya
movieGet On Up
2014
DeeDee Brown
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movieBaggage Claim
2013
Gail Best
tvBlack Panther
2010
Storm (voice)
tvThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009
Mma Precious Ramotswe
movieHounddog
2008
Big mma thorton
tvFringe
2008
Simone
movieCavedweller
2004
Rosemary
tvGirlfriends
2000
Donna Williams
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Janice Raleigh
tvThe View
1997
Self
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Mahalia!
Mahalia Jackson
Art2
movieInventing the Christmas Prince
2022
Production Design
movieHomegrown Christmas
2018
Production Design
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movieHighway to Heaven
2021
Executive Producer