Cast & creator
Jill Scott
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The View
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.
Also known as: Jill Heather Scott
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film credits
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television credits
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1953–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (54)
Showing 54 of 54 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2014
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janice Raleigh
1999
The View
Self
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Fringe
Simone
2008
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Tamron Hall Show
Self
2019
black-ish
Yaya
2014
Abbott Elementary
Jill Scott
2021
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Girlfriends
Donna Williams
2000The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Black Lightning
Lady Eve
2018
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Weakest Link
Self - Contestant
2021
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Blankety Blank
Self - Panellist
2021
Why Did I Get Married Again?
Sheila
2026
First Wives Club
Hazel Rachelle
2019
VERZUZ
Self
2020
Black Panther
Storm (voice)
2010
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Mma Precious Ramotswe
2009
Why Did I Get Married Too?
Sheila
2010
Why Did I Get Married?
Sheila
2007
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices
2020
Baggage Claim
Gail Best
2013
Get On Up
DeeDee Brown
2014
Football Fantastics
Jill Scott
2025
Hounddog
Big mma thorton
2008
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Self
2005
Love Beats Rhymes
Professor Dixon
2017
Steel Magnolias
Truvy
2012
Inventing the Christmas Prince
Production Design
2022
Outlaw Johnny Black
Maw Belle
2023
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self - Performer
2016
Michael Jackson: The One
Self
2004Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Self
Homegrown Christmas
Production Design
2018
Made in America
Self
2013
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
Self
2015Ella
Ella
2025
Sins of the Mother
Nona
2010
With This Ring
Viviane
2015
Cowgirl's Last Ride
Cali
Cavedweller
Rosemary
2004
Highway to Heaven
Angela Stewart
2021Highway to Heaven
Executive Producer
2021
Black Panther
Storm
2010
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
Self
2001Mahalia!
Mahalia Jackson
Flint
Nayyirah Shariff
2017
Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests
Self
2006