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Jill Scott
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American singer, songwriter, model, poet and actress
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Thinking and practicing reconciliation
- Diabetes : Diabetes Prevention and Information Guide
- Don't Forget : You're Still Alive
- Poetics of Forgiveness
- Moments, the Minutes, the Hours
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Football Fantastics — Jill Scott2025
- Outlaw Johnny Black — Maw Belle2023
- Highway to Heaven — Angela Stewart2021
- The Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2021
- Abbott Elementary — Jill Scott2021
- Blankety Blank — Self - Panellist2021
- VERZUZ — Self2020
- Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices2020
- Tamron Hall — Self2019
- First Wives Club — Hazel Rachelle2019
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1972
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 934,604
- Total plays
- 15,293,557
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Jill Heather Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, model, poet, and actress. She gained recognition with her 2000 debut album, "Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1", which was certified platinum. Her subsequent albums, "Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2" (2004) and "The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3" (2007), were both certified gold. She released her fourth album, "The Light of the Sun", in 2011, followed by "Woman" in 2015, and her sixth album, "To
Key facts
- Born
- Jill Heather Scott , ( 1972-04-04 ) April 4, 1972 (age 54) , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Genres
- R&B soul neo soul hip hop spoken word jazz
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actress
- Years active
- 1998–present
- Labels
- Hidden Beach (2000–2010) Blues Babe/ Warner Bros. (2011–2013) Atlantic (2014–present)
- Spouses
- Lyzel Williams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2007 ) Mike Dobson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2017 )
- Website
- missjillscott .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jill
- Family name
- Scott
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.jillscott.com
- Image
- JillScott.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Jill Scott (vocalist)
- date of birth
- 1972-04-04
- topic's main category
- Category:Jill Scott (singer)
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- different from
- Jill Scott
- social media followers
- 1780379
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- affiliation string
- True Voice
Sources (8)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Jill Scott, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Jill Heather Scott (born April 4, 1972) is an American singer. 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. She released her sixth album, To Whom This May Concern, in February 2026.
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