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Jill Scott

Singer-songwriter / Actress / Poet / Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress / Penwoman | * 04/04/1972 (51) | philadelphia, PA (United States of America (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 Ligh..."> ()
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Scott was born on April 4, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up an only child in a North Philadelphia neighborhood, raised by her mother, Joyce Scott and grandmother. She recalls a happy childhood and was "very much a loved child". Scott was raised as a Jehovah's Witness.After graduating the Philadelphia High School for Girls, Scott attended Temple University. While working two jobs, she studied secondary education. She planned to become a high school English teacher. However, after three years of study and then serving as a teacher's aide, Scott became disillusioned with a teaching career, and she dropped out of college.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Music

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Awards & Nominations for Jill Scott

Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Movies with Jill Scott as Actress(18)

as Angela Stewart2021 Highway to Heaven
as Nayyirah Shariff2017 Flint
as Professor Dixon2017 Love Beats Rhymes
as Viviane2015 With This Ring
as DeeDee Brown2014 Get on Up
as Gail Best2013 Baggage Claim
as herself2013 Made in America
as Truvy2012 Steel Magnolias
as Nona2010 Sins of the Mother
as Big mma thorton2007 Hounddog
as Rosemary2004 Cavedweller

TV Shows/Series with Jill Scott as Actress(15)

as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Lady Eve2018 Black Lightning
as Yaya2014 black-ish
as Storm (voice)2010 Black Panther
as Mma Precious Ramotswe2009 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as Simone2008 Fringe
as herself2005 The Reichen Show
as Janice Raleigh1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as herself1997 The View

Movies with Jill Scott as Crew(3)

Art/Production Design2022 Inventing the Christmas Prince
Production/Executive Producer2021 Highway to Heaven
Art/Production Design2018 Homegrown Christmas

Additional Information

Official websites:
Full Name: Jill Scott
Born: Tuesday, 04/04 1972 (April) in philadelphia, PA (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 51 years + 360 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Philadelphia High School for Girls
Record Label: Hidden Beach Recordings
Children: Jett Roberts
Other names for Jill Scott (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jill Scott (singer)"
"Jill Scott (Sängerin)"
Jill Scott frequently works together with these people:
LeAnn Rimes (9x, Actress)
Kelsey Grammer (8x, Actor)
Anthony Anderson (8x, Actor)
Tyler Perry (8x, Crew)
Rosie Perez (8x, Actress)
Wayne Brady (8x, Actor)
Meredith Vieira (8x, Actress)
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
Whoopi Goldberg (7x, Actress)
Howie Mandel (7x, Actor)
Ricki Lake (7x, Actress)
Tracee Ellis Ross (7x, Actress)

Other people with this name: Jill Scott

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:316453, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024