Acting credits
48
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jill Scott
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.7
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Movies: 27Series: 23Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 4721
IMDb ID: nm0779325
Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1972
Age: 54
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.3
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
Movie credits linked with Jill Scott.
Why Did I Get Married Again?
as Sheila
2026 Movie
Outlaw Johnny Black
as Maw Belle
2023 Movie
Inventing the Christmas Prince
Production Design
2022 Movie
Highway to Heaven
as Angela Stewart
2021 Movie
Homegrown Christmas
Production Design
2018 Movie
Love Beats Rhymes
as Professor Dixon
2017 Movie
Flint
as Nayyirah Shariff
2017 Movie
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self - Performer
2016 Movie
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
as Self
2015 Movie
With This Ring
as Viviane
2015 Movie
Get On Up
as DeeDee Brown
2014 Movie
Made in America
as Self
2013 Movie
Baggage Claim
as Gail Best
2013 Movie
Steel Magnolias
as Truvy
2012 Movie
Why Did I Get Married Too?
as Sheila
2010 Movie
Sins of the Mother
as Nona
2010 Movie
Black Panther
as Storm
2010 Movie
Hounddog
as Big mma thorton
2008 Movie
Jill Scott - Live in Paris
2008 Movie
Why Did I Get Married?
as Sheila
2007 Movie
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
as Self
2006 Movie
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self
2005 Movie
Cavedweller
as Rosemary
2004 Movie
Michael Jackson: The One
as Self
2004 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Jill Scott.
Football Fantastics
as Jill Scott • 14 eps
2025 Series
The Weakest Link
as Self - Contestant • 1 eps
2021 Series
Abbott Elementary
as Jill Scott • 1 eps
2021 Series
Blankety Blank
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
2021 Series
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
1 eps
2020 Series
VERZUZ
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
First Wives Club
as Hazel Rachelle • 29 eps
2019 Series
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
Black Lightning
as Lady Eve • 8 eps
2018 Series
black-ish
as Yaya • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
Black Panther
as Storm (voice) • 6 eps
2010 Series
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as Mma Precious Ramotswe • 6 eps
2009 Series
Fringe
as Simone • 1 eps
2008 Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 2 eps
2003 Series
Girlfriends
as Donna Williams • 4 eps
2000 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Janice Raleigh • 1 eps
1999 Series
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
The Chris Rock Show
1 eps
1997 Series
Later... with Jools Holland
3 eps
1992 Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1 eps
1992 Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self • 1 eps
1988 Series
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series