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

• 2026Why Did I Get Married Again? — Sheila
• 2025Ella — Ella
• Football Fantastics — Jill Scott
• 2023Outlaw Johnny Black — Maw Belle
• 2022Inventing the Christmas Prince — Production Design
• Abbott Elementary — Jill Scott
• 2021Highway to Heaven — Angela Stewart, Executive Producer
• Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
• First Wives Club — Hazel Rachelle
• Black Lightning — Lady Eve
• 2018Homegrown Christmas — Production Design
• 2017Flint — Nayyirah Shariff
• 2017Love Beats Rhymes — Professor Dixon
• 2015With This Ring — Viviane
• 2014Get On Up — DeeDee Brown
• black-ish — Yaya
• 2013Baggage Claim — Gail Best
• 2012Steel Magnolias — Truvy
• 2010Black Panther — Storm
• Black Panther — Storm (voice)
• 2010Sins of the Mother — Nona
• 2010Why Did I Get Married Too? — Sheila
• The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency — Mma Precious Ramotswe
• Fringe — Simone
• 2008Hounddog — Big mma thorton
• 2008Jill Scott - Live in Paris
• 2007Why Did I Get Married? — Sheila
• 2004Cavedweller — Rosemary
• Girlfriends — Donna Williams
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Janice Raleigh
• The Chris Rock Show
• Later... with Jools Holland
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Cowgirl's Last Ride — Cali
• Mahalia! — Mahalia Jackson

Appearances as themselves (17)

• Blankety Blank — Self - Panellist
• The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant
• VERZUZ — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self
• 2016BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration — Self - Performer
• 2015Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest
• 2013Made in America — Self
• 2006Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests — Self
• 2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004Michael Jackson: The One — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2001VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin — Self
• The View — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 — Self