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Jill Scott

Apr 04, 1972 (53 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janice Raleigh
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Fringe
Simone
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Girlfriends
Donna Williams
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black-ish
Yaya
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Abbott Elementary
Jill Scott
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Black Lightning
Lady Eve
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The Oscars
Self
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Steel Magnolias
Truvy
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The Chris Rock Show
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With This Ring
Viviane

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