Jill Scott
Acting
50 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
Ella
2025
Football Fantastics
2025
Outlaw Johnny Black
2023
The Weakest Link
2021
Abbott Elementary
2021
Highway to Heaven
2021
Blankety Blank
2021
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
VERZUZ
2020
First Wives Club
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
Black Lightning
2018
Love Beats Rhymes
2017
Flint
2017
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015
With This Ring
2015
black-ish
2014
Get On Up
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Made in America
2013
Baggage Claim
2013
Steel Magnolias
2012
Why Did I Get Married Too?
2010
Sins of the Mother
2010
Black Panther
2010
Black Panther
2010
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009
Hounddog
2008
Fringe
2008
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008
Why Did I Get Married?
2007
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
2006
The Reichen Show
2005
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Cavedweller
2004
Michael Jackson: The One
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
2001
Girlfriends
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The View
1997
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Oscars
1953
Cowgirl's Last Ride
Mahalia!
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2