caption website years_active label article_title background birth_date genre image origin name occupation
scott gardens '' , march 17 , 2012 performing as part of `` jazz in the -lsb- http://www.missjillscott.com missjillscott.com -rsb- 1999 -- present hidden beach -lrb- 2014-present -rrb- jill scott
 solo_singer 4 april 1972 r hip hop spoken word & b soul neo soul jazz quiet storm jill scott 2012.jpg philadelphia , pennsylvania , united states jill scott singer-songwriter , model , poet , actress
jill scott

jill scott -lrb- born april 4 , 1972 -rrb- is an american singer , model and actress .
her 2000 debut , `` who is jill scott ?
words and sounds vol .
1 '' , went platinum , and the followups ' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- and ' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- both achieved gold status .
she made her cinematic debut in the films `` hounddog '' and tyler perry 's `` why did i get married ? ''
in 2007 .
in `` get on up '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- she plays the second wife of james brown .
she also appeared as the lead role in the bbc/hbo series `` the no. 1 ladies ' detective agency '' .
