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Jill Scott

Actor

Jill Scott

Born April 4, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA19 films

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.

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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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Get On Up posterFirst watchGet On Up20146.8as DeeDee BrownA chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Why Did I Get Married Too? poster6.6Why Did I Get Married Too?2010Why Did I Get Married? poster6.6Why Did I Get Married?2007Hounddog poster6.5Hounddog2008Steel Magnolias poster6.9Steel Magnolias2012Baggage Claim poster5.3Baggage Claim2013Love Beats Rhymes poster5.6Love Beats Rhymes2017With This Ring poster5.9With This Ring2015

Filmography

19 films as actor
  1. TBACowgirl's Last RideCali
  2. TBAMahalia!Mahalia Jackson
  3. 2026Why Did I Get Married Again?Sheila
  4. 2025EllaElla
  5. 2023Outlaw Johnny BlackMaw Belle
  6. 2021Highway to HeavenAngela Stewart
  7. 2017Love Beats RhymesProfessor Dixon
  8. 2017FlintNayyirah Shariff
  9. 2015With This RingViviane
  10. 2014Get On UpDeeDee Brown
  11. 2013Baggage ClaimGail Best
  12. 2012Steel MagnoliasTruvy
  13. 2010Why Did I Get Married Too?Sheila
  14. 2010Sins of the MotherNona
  15. 2010Black PantherStorm
  16. 2008HounddogBig mma thorton
  17. 2008Jill Scott - Live in Paris
  18. 2007Why Did I Get Married?Sheila
  19. 2004CavedwellerRosemary