[3] This same film opened the door to other American actors, as she was the first African-American Actress to successfully cross over[4] into all African genres and win several awards and nominations worldwide.
Law's father, retired from the City of Miami, was born in Tallahassee, Florida, to Willie Pearle Porter, the first AA[definition needed] to serve as an instructor at Mt.
The Actor's Express Black Playwright's Festival led to an invitation into the theater's exclusive intern program and offered her a chance to act professionally.
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).
That year, Law starred in Camp DOA[10] 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.