Acting credits
45
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jill Scott
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.1
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Movies: 26Series: 21Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 4721
IMDb ID: nm0779325
Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1972
Age: 53
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
Wikidata: Q232592
Also known as
Jill Heather Scott
Other jobs
Production Design (2)Executive Producer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jill Scott.
5.2
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Maw Belle
2023 Movie
6.8
Inventing the Christmas Prince
Production Design
2022 Movie
4.2
Highway to Heaven
as Angela Stewart
2021 Movie
4.9
Homegrown Christmas
Production Design
2018 Movie
5.6
Love Beats Rhymes
as Professor Dixon
2017 Movie
6.8
Flint
as Nayyirah Shariff
2017 Movie
9.0
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self - Performer
2016 Movie
8.0
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
as Self
2015 Movie
5.9
With This Ring
as Viviane
2015 Movie
6.8
Get On Up
as DeeDee Brown
2014 Movie
4.2
Made in America
as Self
2013 Movie
5.3
Baggage Claim
as Gail Best
2013 Movie
7.0
Steel Magnolias
as Truvy
2012 Movie
6.5
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Sheila
2010 Movie
7.3
Sins of the Mother
as Nona
2010 Movie
6.2
Black Panther
as Storm
2010 Movie
6.4
Hounddog
as Big mma thorton
2008 Movie
10.0
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008 Movie
6.5
Why Did I Get Married?
as Sheila
2007 Movie
6.8
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
as Self
2006 Movie
6.8
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self
2005 Movie
5.7
Cavedweller
as Rosemary
2004 Movie
8.0
Michael Jackson: The One
as Self
2004 Movie
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
as Self
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jill Scott.
Football Fantastics
as Jill Scott • 6 eps
2025 Series
6.0
The Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.4
Abbott Elementary
as Jill Scott • 1 eps
2021 Series
5.4
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
1 eps
2020 Series
10.0
VERZUZ
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.0
First Wives Club
as Hazel Rachelle • 29 eps
2019 Series
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.9
Black Lightning
as Lady Eve • 8 eps
2018 Series
7.1
black-ish
as Yaya • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.8
Black Panther
as Storm (voice) • 6 eps
2010 Series
6.7
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as Mma Precious Ramotswe • 6 eps
2009 Series
8.1
Fringe
as Simone • 1 eps
2008 Series
4.8
The Reichen Show
as Self • 1 eps
2005 Series
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.4
Girlfriends
as Donna Williams • 4 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Janice Raleigh • 1 eps
1999 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
4.2
The Chris Rock Show
1 eps
1997 Series
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 eps
1992 Series
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
1988 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series