Get on Board: Jill Scott

See how the incomparable soul sista got to where she is.

Jilly From Philly - Accomplished actress and R&B singer Jill Scott didn't make it to the top over night. Take a look at some of the highlights of the soul singer's decade-long career that got her to where she is today.(Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

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Jilly From Philly - Accomplished actress and R&B singer Jill Scott didn't make it to the top over night. Take a look at some of the highlights of the soul singer's decade-long career that got her to where she is today.(Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

Philly Roots - ?uestlove, drummer for the Roots, discovered Jill Scott performing as a spoken word artist in a Philly club. The group enlisted her to co-write on the song "You Got Me," which won a Grammy in 2000. (Photo: Phil McCarten/PictureGroup)

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Philly Roots - ?uestlove, drummer for the Roots, discovered Jill Scott performing as a spoken word artist in a Philly club. The group enlisted her to co-write on the song "You Got Me," which won a Grammy in 2000. (Photo: Phil McCarten/PictureGroup)

Continued Success - In November 2001 Jill released Experience: Jill Scott 826+, a live album, followed by her sophomore studio album Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 in 2004.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

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Continued Success - In November 2001 Jill released Experience: Jill Scott 826+, a live album, followed by her sophomore studio album Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 in 2004.(Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

Acting Up - That same year, Scott kicked off her acting career with a short stint on the television show Girlfriends. She'd go on to take roles on Law & Order: SVU and the Lifetime movie Sins of the Mother. (Photo: John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)

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Acting Up - That same year, Scott kicked off her acting career with a short stint on the television show Girlfriends. She'd go on to take roles on Law & Order: SVU and the Lifetime movie Sins of the Mother. (Photo: John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)

Words and Sounds - That same year, her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, was released. The gold-selling album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at No. 4. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

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Words and Sounds - That same year, her third studio album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, was released. The gold-selling album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at No. 4. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

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First-Time Performer - Singer Jill Scott has performed at BET Honors, Black Girls Rock and many other BET specials, but the 2011 BET Awards will mark her first time taking the stage at the network's biggest event of the year. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

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Outstanding - In March 2009, HBO debuted The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, a show based on Alexander McCall Smith's book series of the same name, starring Scott in the lead role. By 2010 she won her first award as an actress when the NAACP presented her with the title of Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

Light Still Shining Bright - Scott released her fourth studio album, The Light of the Sun, this past June. She's nominated for three Soul Train Awards at this year's ceremony: Album of the Year, Best Female R&B/Soul Artist and Song of the Year for "So in Love" ft. Anthony Hamilton. The show will air on Centric and BET on November 27. (Photo: Mark Davis/Fox/PictureGroup)

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Light Still Shining Bright - Scott released her fourth studio album, The Light of the Sun, this past June. She's nominated for three Soul Train Awards at this year's ceremony: Album of the Year, Best Female R&B/Soul Artist and Song of the Year for "So in Love" ft. Anthony Hamilton. The show will air on Centric and BET on November 27. (Photo: Mark Davis/Fox/PictureGroup)