
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
Crystal Porter
Crystal Porter Bazemore
Syr Law
Biography
Syr Law (born Crystal Dionne Porter) is an American actress; she has also been credited under Crystal Porter. She married in 2016 and her legal name is Crystal Porter-Bazemore.
Law made her film debut, credited under her birth name Crystal Porter, as a freshman in Pay The Price (2000). She followed playing the role of a good-hearted masseur opposite Billy Dee Williams in Good Neighbor (2001), a sassy check-out girl in Big Ain't Bad (2002) and a politically roused intern in Bottom (2004).
She appeared in four films in 2005, and in her first studio film for Lionsgate Films, Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman. That year, Law starred in Camp DOA as college student on a road trip gone wrong; the critically acclaimed sci-fi indie, Dark Remains; and Somebodies was recognized at Sundance Film Festival and developed into a spin-off for BET as the network's first scripted series.
Joining the Screen Actors Guild in 2007, Law found her birth name was in use. She used the first four letters of her first name, reversed their order, dropping the later letter. Hence, Syr found her own Law.
The film Touching (2007) is Law's first credit under her current professional name. Election (2008) saw Law playing an ambitious college student. The critically acclaimed film What To Bring To America (2010) introduced Law as an international powerhouse. Law worked with Allen Wolf on the sleeper, In My Sleep (2010) and the international market opened for Law in 2011 in her celebrated performance as Pearl Wisdoms in Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark.
She received a WMIFF nomination and a win at the Nollywood Film Critics Award (NAFCA) for her performance in "Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark". This same film opened the door to other American actors, as she was the first African-American Actress to successfully cross over into all African genres and win several awards and nominations worldwide.
In 2012, Law made her television debut as Becky on NBC's Days of Our Lives.
Known For

TV
Pearson
News Reporter
2019

TV
Bridesman
Bobbi
2021

Film
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Woman
2005

Film
In My Sleep
Babysitter
2010

Film
Dark Remains
Gail
2005
Film
The Recipe
Olufemi Adisa
2024

Film
Big Ain't Bad
Marcie
2002
Film
African Time
Vivian
2014
Film
Paparazzi Eye in the Dark
Pearl Wisdoms
2011

Film
The People of the World v. Simon Peterson
Murielle Hill

Film
At the End of the Tunnel
Officer Song
2018
Filmography
2024FilmThe Recipeas Olufemi Adisa2021TVBridesmanas Bobbi2019TVPearsonas News Reporter2018FilmAt the End of the Tunnelas Officer Song2014FilmAfrican Timeas Vivian2011FilmPaparazzi Eye in the Darkas Pearl Wisdoms2010FilmIn My Sleepas Babysitter2005FilmDark Remainsas Gail2005FilmDiary of a Mad Black Womanas Woman2002FilmBig Ain't Badas Marcie—FilmThe People of the World v. Simon Petersonas Murielle Hill