Crystal Lowe

Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe (born Yan-Kay Lo; January 20, 1981) is a Canadian child actress and director. She is known for her scream queen roles in horror films such as Children of the Corn: Revelation, 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).

Early life and family Lowe was born Yan-Kay Lo in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Chinese father from Hong Kong and a Scottish mother. When she was young the family moved to Hong Kong, 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.

Career 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.

Personal life On August 8, 2009, Lowe married Miko Tomasevich at Vancouver's historic Hycroft Manor. She and her husband own Hyde Restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Lowe is fluent in Cantonese.

In February 2025, Lowe was diagnosed with stage-3 breast cancer and underwent chemotherapy and had a double mastectomy.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Get Carter Nikki Sanctimony Virginia 2001 Children of the Corn: Revelation Tiffany 2002 Insomnia Kay Connell I Spy Beautiful Girl 2004 Going the Distance Waitress 2005 Thralls Tanya Watner 2006 Final Destination 3 Ashlyn Halperin Scary Movie 4 Chingy's Girl Snakes on a Plane Autograph Girl Black Christmas Lauren Hannon 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Hot Party Girl Wrong Turn 2: Dead End Elena Garcia Good Luck Chuck Cam's Wedding Friend 2008 That One Night Stacy Center Stage: Turn It Up Lexi Dim Sum Funeral Jane 2009 Driven to Kill Tanya 2010 Hot Tub Time Machine Zoe 2012 A Little Bit Zombie Tina 2013 Charlie Rose 2014 Becoming Sophie Director, producer 2016 Rampage: President Down Crystal 2017 Wonder Sarah Albans 2019 Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls Ramona 2023 Break In Ellen

Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 Stargate SG-1 Nya Episode: "Emancipation" Breaker High Melina Episode: "Beware of Geeks Baring Their Gifts" 1998 Cold Squad Samantha Gordon Episode: "Merv Doucette" Da Vinci's Inquest Shelley Dunne Episode: "The Most Dangerous Time" The Adventures of Shirley Holmes Pascal Episode: "The Case of the Open Hand" 1999–2000 Cold Squad Myra Larson Episodes: "Deadly Games: Part 2", "Death by Intent: Part 1" 2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Sylvia Episodes: "Banging on the Wall", "Cheap Aftershave" 2002 MTV's Now What? Shannon Episodes: "Zack's Little Problem", "Reality Bites", "Purity Test" The Secret Life of Zoey Cheerleader Television film The Twilight Zone Groupie Episode: "Harsh Mistress" 2004 Life as We Know It Julie Episode: "Natural Disasters" 2005 The Life Student #3 Television film The Collector Cree Episode: "The Tattoo Artist" The L Word Cocktail Waitress Episode: "Lap Dance" 2006 Masters of Horror Lily Episode: "Pick Me Up" Killer Instinct Yvette Episode: "She's the Bomb" The Evidence Deb Kintza Episode: "And the Envelope Please" Totally Awesome Pretty Girl Television film 2007 Falcon Beach Kelly Episode: "Strawberry Social Reject" Psych Eden Episode: "Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast" Psych Daphne Episode: "If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?" Bionic Woman Jessica Episode: "Second Chances" 2008 Stargate Atlantis Mardola Episode: "Harmony" Poison Ivy: The Secret Society Isabel Turner Television film Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon Ashley Television film The Boy Next Door Nicole Warner Television film 2009 Supernatural Leticia Gore Actress Episode: "The Real Ghostbusters" What Color Is Love? Faiza Television film Trust Michelle Television film 2010 Smallville Vala Recurring role (season 9) 2011 Shattered Woman Episode: "Finding the Boy" Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story Natalie Television film To the Mat Piper / Peaches Television film Killer Mountain Dr. Nina Preston Television film 2012 R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Cassandra Episode: "Headshot" 2012–2013 Primeval: New World Toby Nance Main role 2013–2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered Rita Haywith Main role 2014 Almost Human Jeannie Episode: "Simon Says" Republic of Doyle Michelle Cantwell Episode: "No Rest for the Convicted" 2014–2018; 2021; 2024; 2025 Signed, Sealed, Delivered Rita Haywith Television film series 2015 Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die Gretchen / Linda French Television film 2016 Hearts of Christmas Lauren Wright Television film 2017 Christmas at Holly Lodge Callie Television film Marry Me At Christmas Isabel Television film 2019 Flip That Romance Kat Television film Christmas at Dollywood Maggie Davis Television film 2020 The Wrong Wedding Planner Ashley Television film; credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe 2022 Old Flames Never Die Kira Television film; credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe 2024 Wild Cards Siobhan Episode: "Howl to Get Away With Murder"; credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe Shifting GearsN/A Television film; Director credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe This Time Each YearN/A Television film; Director credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe 2025 The Wish Swap Jess Television film; credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe A Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen MysteryN/A Television film; Director credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe 2026 Nelly Knows Mysteries: All Manners of Murder Leah Television film; credited as Yan-Kay Crystal LoweAll's Fair in Love and MahjongShelleyTelevision film; credited as Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe

Awards and nominations Year Event Award/category Work Result Ref. 2006 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Line That Killed (Best One-Liner) Final Destination 3 2012 Canada International Film Festival Rising Star Award(shared with Shawn Roberts and Kristopher Turner, among others ) A Little Bit Zombie 2016 UBCP/ACTRA Awards Best Actress Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love 2017 The IndieFest Film Awards Award of Excellence for Best Short Film The Curtain LA Shorts Awards Platinum Award for Best Short Film The Curtain Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards LAIFF August Award for Best Drama Short The Curtain