Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To The Moon And Back as Rita
- 2025 · The Wish Swap as Jess
- 2024 · This Time Each Year as Doctor Lo
- 2024 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters as Rita
- 2024 · Wild Cards as Siobhan
- 2023 · Break In as Ellen
- 2022 · Old Flames Never Die as Kira Young (older)
- 2021 · Magic in Mount Holly as Daphne
- 2021 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made as Rita Haywith
- 2020 · The Wrong Wedding Planner as Ashley
- 2019 · Christmas at Dollywood as Maggie Davis
- 2019 · Flip That Romance as Kat
- 2019 · Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls as Ramona
- 2018 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar as Rita Haywith
- 2018 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled as Rita Haywith
- 2017 · Christmas at Holly Lodge as Callie
- 2017 · Wonder as Julian's Mom
- 2017 · Marry Me at Christmas as Isabel
- 2017 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again as Rita Haywith
- 2017 · 2 Bullets as Kate
- 2017 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground as Rita Haywith
- 2016 · Hearts of Christmas as Lauren Wright
- 2016 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You as Rita Haywith
- 2016 · Rampage: President Down as Bill's Girlfriend
- 2016 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million as Rita Haywith
- 2016 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart as Rita Haywith
- 2015 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream as Rita Haywith
- 2015 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told as Rita Haywith
- 2015 · Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die as Gretchen
- 2015 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love as Rita Haywith
- 2014 · Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas as Rita Haywith
- 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 · To the Mat as Piper / Peaches
- 2011 · Killer Mountain as Dr. Nina
- 2010 · R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Cassandra Hobbs
- 2010 · Hot Tub Time Machine as Zoe
- 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Michelle Cantwell (as Crystal Lowe)
- 2009 · Driven to Kill as Tanya
- 2009 · Trust as Michelle
- 2009 · Playing for Keeps as Faiza
- 2008 · Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon as Ashley
- 2008 · Dim Sum Funeral as Jane
- 2008 · Center Stage: Turn It Up as Lexi
- 2008 · The Boy Next Door as Nicole
- 2008 · Poison Ivy: The Secret Society as Isabel
- 2007 · Bionic Woman as Jessica
- 2007 · Good Luck Chuck as Cam's Wedding Friend
- 2007 · Wrong Turn 2: Dead End as Elena
- 2007 · Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as Hot Party Girl #3
- 2007 · May All Your Christmases Be Black as herself
- 2007 · Coffee Diva as Chipped Tooth / Starlet
- 2006 · Black Christmas as Lauren Hannon
- 2006 · Totally Awesome as Pretty Girl
- 2006 · Snakes on a Plane as Autograph Girl
- 2006 · Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3' as
- 2006 · Dead Teenager Movie as Self
- 2006 · Psych as Eden
- 2006 · Psych as Daphne
- 2006 · Scary Movie 4 as Chingy's Girl #1
- 2006 · The Evidence as Deb Kintza
- 2006 · Final Destination 3 as Ashlyn Halperin
- 2006 · Falcon Beach as Kelly (uncredited)
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Lily
- 2005 · Killer Instinct as Yvette
- 2005 · Supernatural as Leticia Gore Actress
- 2005 · Bones as
- 2005 · Blood Angels as Tanya
- 2004 · Life As We Know It as Julie
- 2004 · Going the Distance as Waitress
- 2004 · Stargate Atlantis as Mardola
- 2004 · The Collector as Cree
- 2004 · The L Word as Cocktail Waitress
- 2002 · I Spy as Beautiful Girl
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Groupie
- 2002 · The Secret Life of Zoey as Cheerleader
- 2002 · Insomnia as Kay Connell
- 2001 · The Sausage Factory as Shannon
- 2001 · Smallville as Vala
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Tiffany
- 2000 · Sanctimony as Virginia
- 2000 · Get Carter as Girl #1
- 1998 · Da Vinci's Inquest as Sylvia
- 1998 · Da Vinci's Inquest as Shelley Dunne
- 1998 · Da Vinci's Inquest as Hooker Getting Into Car (uncredited)
- 1998 · Cold Squad as Samantha Gordon
- 1998 · Cold Squad as Myra Lawson
- 1997 · Breaker High as Melina
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Nya
- 1997 · The Adventures of Shirley Holmes as Pascal