Jill Scott

Biography

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.

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Known For

Why Did I Get Married Again? 2026
Football Fantastics 2025
Outlaw Johnny Black 2023 ★ 5.5
Abbott Elementary 2021 ★ 7.5
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices 2020 ★ 5.4
First Wives Club 2019 ★ 8.0
Black Lightning 2018 ★ 6.9
Love Beats Rhymes 2017 ★ 5.6
Flint 2017 ★ 6.8
black-ish 2014 ★ 7.0
Get On Up 2014 ★ 6.8
Baggage Claim 2013 ★ 5.3
Steel Magnolias 2012 ★ 6.9
Black Panther 2010 ★ 6.9
Why Did I Get Married Too? 2010 ★ 6.5
Black Panther 2010 ★ 6.2
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 2009 ★ 6.7
Fringe 2008 ★ 8.1
Hounddog 2008 ★ 6.5
Why Did I Get Married? 2007 ★ 6.5
Cavedweller 2004 ★ 5.8
Girlfriends 2000 ★ 7.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 ★ 8.0
The Chris Rock Show 1997 ★ 4.6