Person Details

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Aliases: Jill Heather Scott

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Homepage: Http://www.missjillscott.com

Movie Involvements: 18

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jill Scott (singer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Janice Raleigh
Black Lightning
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7

Black Lightning

(2018) Lady Eve
Fringe
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8

Fringe

(2008) Simone
Black Panther
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7

Black Panther

(2010) Storm (voice)
VERZUZ
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10

VERZUZ

(2020) Self
Hounddog
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6

Hounddog

(2007) Big mma thorton
Love Beats Rhymes
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6

Love Beats Rhymes

(2017) Professor Dixon
Get on Up
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7

Get on Up

(2014) DeeDee Brown

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Angela Stewart
2020 N/A
Self
2019 N/A
Self - Guest
2018 Lady Eve
2017 Professor Dixon
Nayyirah Shariff
2016 Self - Performer
2015 Self
Viviane
2014 Yaya
DeeDee Brown
2013 Self
Gail Best
2012 Truvy
2010 Sheila
Nona
Storm
Storm (voice)
2009 Mma Precious Ramotswe
2008 Simone
N/A
2007 Sheila
Big mma thorton
2006 N/A
2005 Self
Self
2004 Rosemary
Self
2003 Self
2000 N/A
1999 Janice Raleigh
1997 Self
N/A
1992 N/A
1988 N/A
Cali
Mahalia Jackson
Year Character Movie/Tv

Art

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Production Design
2018 Production Design
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2021 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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