Crystal Lowe

Crystal Lowe
Lowe in 2005
Born	Yan-Kay Lo (1981-01-20) January 20, 1981 (age 44) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Miko Tomasevich ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2

Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe (born Yan-Kay Lo; ^[1] January 20, 1981^{[ citation needed ]}) is a Canadian actress and director. 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).

Early life

Lowe was born Yan-Kay Lo in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Scottish mother and Chinese father ^[2] 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. ^[3]

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 ^[4] 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 . ^{[5] [6]}

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. ^[7]

In 2017, Lowe played Sarah Albans, the mother of Julian, the main antagonist in the film version of Wonder , ^[8] 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. ^{[9] [10]}

Lowe is fluent in Cantonese. ^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Get Carter	Nikki
	Sanctimony	Virginia
2001	Children of the Corn: Revelation	Tiffany
2002	Insomnia	Kay Connell
2002	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	N/A	Director, producer
2016	Rampage: President Down	Crystal
2017	Wonder	Sarah Albans
2019	Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls	Ramona

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	Nina	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 [12]
2014	Almost Human	Jeannie	Episode: "Simon Says"
	Republic of Doyle	Michelle Cantwell	Episode: "No Rest for the Convicted"
2014–2018; 2021; 2024	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 [13]
2017	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
2025	"Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery"	N/A	Television film; Director

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Award/category	Work	Result	Ref.
2006	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Line That Killed (Best One-Liner) [a]	Final Destination 3	Nominated	[14] [15]
2012	Canada International Film Festival	Rising Star Award (shared with Shawn Roberts and Kristopher Turner, among others [16] )	A Little Bit Zombie	Won	[17] [18] [16]
2014	UBCP/ACTRA Awards	Best Actress	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Nominated	[19]
2016	UBCP/ACTRA Awards	Best Actress	Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love	Nominated	[20]
2017	The IndieFest Film Awards	Award of Excellence for Best Short Film	The Curtain	Won	[21]
	LA Shorts Awards	Platinum Award for Best Short Film	The Curtain	Won	[22]
	Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards	LAIFF August Award for Best Drama Short	The Curtain	Nominated	[16]
	NYC Indie Film Awards	NYC Indie Film Award for Best Short Film	The Curtain	Won	[23]

Notes

1. For the line: "Look, girls with asses like mine, don't talk to guys with faces like yours." ^[14]

References

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3. "Crystal Lowe – Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From The Heart". Starry Mag. February 20, 2016.
4. "SMALLVILLE: SEASON 9 REVIEW". uk.ign.com. May 21, 2010.
5. "Crystal Lowe takes on predators in the streets of Vancouver in new Primeval spin-off". Vancouver Observer. December 15, 2012.
6. "Primeval: New World – meet the cast". Radio Times. January 8, 2013.
7. "Vancouver Models: Crystal Lowe". Daily Hive. December 23, 2015.
8. "B.C. actress's role in Wonder brings perspective to the topic of bullying". trailtimes.ca. December 11, 2017.
9. "MAIN STREET: Hyde and Lowe". westender.com. March 27, 2013.
10. "Crystal Lowe, Hyde Restaurant, Vancouver". Women's Enterprise Center. February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
11. "Check Out the Newest Signed, Sealed, Delivered Movie! Plus, the Premiere Date and More". Parade Magazine. November 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
12. About Signed, Sealed, Delivered - The Series Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
13. "Hallmark Channel 'Christmas At Holly Lodge' Premiere: Meet The Cast, Watch Trailer". ibtimes.com. December 3, 2017.
14. Brunton, Richard (August 28, 2006). "Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Horror Awards – The Nominees". Filmstalker. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
15. "Fuse and Fangoria Entertainment Announce Nominations for the Chainsaw Awards; First Televised Music and Horror Themed Awards Spectacular to Take Place October 15th at LA's Orpheum Theater; Premieres Exclusively on fuse Sunday, October 22nd". Business Wire . Berkshire Hathaway. August 24, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
16. "Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe – Awards". IMDb. Amazon.com, Inc. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
17. "Fantasia – A Little Bit Zombie – Red Carpet, Meet & Greet Plus Director Q & A". Facebook. Facebook, Inc. Archived from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
18. "A Little Bit Zombie invading Czech Republic". Sudbury. June 19, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
19. Furminger, Sabrina (September 22, 2014). "Nominees announced for 2014 UBCP/ACTRA Awards". Vancouver Courier . Glacier Media . Retrieved December 16, 2020.
20. Furminger, Sabrina (September 20, 2016). "UBCP/ACTRA announces nominees for 2016 awards". Vancouver Courier . Glacier Media . Retrieved December 16, 2020.
21. "Winners October 2017". The IndieFest Film Awards. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
22. "LA Shorts Awards Winners: September 2017". LA Shorts Awards. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
23. "NYC Indie Film Awards: Winners – September 2017". NYC Indie Film Awards. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2020.

External links

• Crystal Lowe at IMDb