
Jill Scott
Born
1972-04-04
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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, Sc...
Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janice Raleigh

Fringe
Simone

Black Lightning
Lady Eve

Get On Up
DeeDee Brown

black-ish
Yaya

Abbott Elementary
Jill Scott

Baggage Claim
Gail Best

Why Did I Get Married?
Sheila

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self

Why Did I Get Married Too?
Sheila

Hounddog
Big mma thorton

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Self

The View
Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV Series

Love Beats Rhymes
Professor Dixon