Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
Biography
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe is a Canadian actress. She is known for her scream queen roles in horror films such as Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001), Final Destination 3 (2006), Black Christmas (2006), and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007). She played Rita Haywith in Hallmark Channel's television and television film series Signed, Sealed, Delivered (2013–present). Lowe was born Yan-Kay Lo in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Scottish mother and Chinese father from Hong Kong. When she was young her father moved back to Hong Kong with his family, where they lived for several years. In an interview in 2016, Lowe said that she had wanted to be an actress since the age of five. Lowe started her career as a model. Her first acting role was at age 15 as Nya on an episode of Stargate SG-1. Lowe went on to guest star in several popular television shows like Masters of Horror, Psych, Supernatural, Stargate: Atlantis, The L Word, plus many more. Lowe's first film role came in 2000 when she was cast in the film Get Carter. Soon after she was cast as Tiffany in the horror film Children of the Corn: Revelation. In 2006, Lowe was cast as Ashlyn Halperin in Final Destination 3. Her next role was as Lauren in the remake of Black Christmas. Lowe later went on to star as Elena in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End. Lowe went on to do cameo roles in the films Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck. In 2008 she was reunited with her Final Destination 3 co-stars Sam Easton and Amanda Crew in the film That One Night. Also in 2008, Lowe was cast in supporting roles for the films Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon, Poison Ivy: The Secret Society and Center Stage: Turn It Up. In 2010, Lowe appeared as Zoe in the film Hot Tub Time Machine, as Vala in the ninth season of the CW show Smallville and as Nina in Sheldon Wilson's horror/thriller film Killer Mountain. In mid-2011, Lowe was cast as Tina in A Little Bit Zombie and as Piper/Peaches in the TV movie To the Mat. In early 2012, she was cast as Toby Nance, one of the lead characters in the new series Primeval: New World. In 2014, Lowe was cast as Rita Haywith in the Hallmark series Signed, Sealed, Delivered, which aired for one season in 2014 before becoming successive television films. In 2015, she took a role behind the camera, directing the locally produced short film Becoming Sophie which was featured at Cannes Short Film Library and L.A. Women's Film Festival. In 2017, Lowe played Sarah Albans, the mother of Julian, the main antagonist in the film version of Wonder, based on the 2012 novel.
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Personal Info
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Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Female
Birthday
1981-01-20 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Acting

2025

The Wish Swap as Jess

2024

Wild Cards as Siobhan

2024

This Time Each Year as Doctor Lo

2023

Break In as Ellen

2022

Old Flames Never Die as Kira Young (older)

2021

Magic in Mount Holly as Daphne

2019

Flip That Romance as Kat

2019

Christmas at Dollywood as Maggie Davis

2017

Wonder as Julian's Mom

2017

Marry Me at Christmas as Isabel

2017

2 Bullets as Kate

2016

Rampage: President Down as Bill's Girlfriend

2016

Hearts of Christmas as Lauren Wright

2014

Signed, Sealed, Delivered as Rita Haywith

2013

Almost Human as Jeannie

2013

Signed, Sealed, Delivered as Rita Haywith

2012

Primeval: New World as Toby Nance

2012

A Little Bit Zombie as Tina

2011

Killer Mountain as Dr. Nina

2011

To the Mat as Piper / Peaches

2010

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Cassandra Hobbs

2010

Republic of Doyle as Michelle Cantwell (as Crystal Lowe)

2009

Playing for Keeps as Faiza

2009

Driven to Kill as Tanya

2009

Trust as Michelle

2008

The Boy Next Door as Nicole

2008

Dim Sum Funeral as Jane

2007

Bionic Woman as Jessica

2007

Good Luck Chuck as Cam's Wedding Friend

2007

Coffee Diva as Chipped Tooth / Starlet

2006

Psych as Eden

2006

Psych as Daphne

2006

Final Destination 3 as Ashlyn Halperin

2006

The Evidence as Deb Kintza

2006

Falcon Beach as Kelly (uncredited)

2006

Scary Movie 4 as Chingy's Girl #1

2006

Snakes on a Plane as Autograph Girl

2006

Black Christmas as Lauren Hannon

2006

Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' as Not available

2006

Totally Awesome as Pretty Girl

2006

Dead Teenager Movie as Self

2005

Supernatural as Leticia Gore Actress

2005

Bones as Not available

2005

Masters of Horror as Lily

2005

Killer Instinct as Yvette

2005

Blood Angels as Tanya

2004

Stargate Atlantis as Mardola

2004

The L Word as Cocktail Waitress

2004

The Collector as Cree

2004

Life As We Know It as Julie

2004

Going the Distance as Waitress

2002

The Twilight Zone as Groupie

2002

Insomnia as Kay Connell

2002

I Spy as Beautiful Girl

2002

The Secret Life of Zoey as Cheerleader

2001

Smallville as Vala

2001

The Sausage Factory as Shannon

2000

Get Carter as Girl #1

2000

Sanctimony as Virginia

1998

Da Vinci's Inquest as Sylvia

1998

Da Vinci's Inquest as Hooker Getting Into Car (uncredited)

1998

Da Vinci's Inquest as Shelley Dunne

1998

Cold Squad as Samantha Gordon

1998

Cold Squad as Myra Lawson

1997

Stargate SG-1 as Nya

1997

Breaker High as Melina