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Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe

Born 1981-01-20
📍 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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.

Filmography 98

All's Fair in Love and Mahjong
2026
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Moon and Back
as Rita
2025
The Wish Swap
as Jess
2025
This Time Each Year
as Doctor Lo
2024
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters
as Rita
2024
Wild Cards
as Siobhan
2024
Break In
as Ellen
2023
Old Flames Never Die
as Kira Young (older)
2022
Magic in Mount Holly
as Daphne
2021
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made
as Rita Haywith
2021
The Wrong Wedding Planner
as Ashley
2020
Christmas at Dollywood
as Maggie Davis
2019
Flip That Romance
as Kat
2019
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls
as Ramona
2019
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
as Rita Haywith
2018
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled
as Rita Haywith
2018
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
2017
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
2016
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
2015
Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas
as Rita Haywith
2014
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
as Rita Haywith
2014
Almost Human
as Jeannie
2013
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
as Rita Haywith
2013
Primeval: New World
as Toby Nance
2012
A Little Bit Zombie
as Tina
2012
Killer Mountain
as Dr. Nina Preston
2011
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)
2010
Driven to Kill
as Tanya
2009
Trust
as Michelle
2009
Playing for Keeps
as Faiza
2009
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
2008
That One Night
as Stacy
2008
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
2007
Black Christmas
as Lauren Hannon
2006
Totally Awesome
as Pretty Girl
2006
Snakes on a Plane
as Autograph Girl
2006
Dead Teenager Movie
as Self
2006
Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3'
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
Pick Me Up
as Lily
2006
Falcon Beach
as Kelly (uncredited)
2006
Masters of Horror
as Lily
2005
Killer Instinct
as Yvette
2005
Supernatural
as Leticia Gore Actress
2005
Bones
2005
Blood Angels
as Tanya
2005
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
2004
I Spy
as Beautiful Girl
2002
The Twilight Zone
as Groupie
2002
The Secret Life of Zoey
as Cheerleader
2002
Insomnia
as Kay Connell
2002
Smallville
as Vala
2001
Children of the Corn: Revelation
as Tiffany
2001
Sanctimony
as Virginia
2000
Get Carter
as Girl #1
2000
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
1998
Breaker High
as Melina
1997
Stargate SG-1
as Nya
1997
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
as Pascal
1997
After Glow
as Jessica
Suffer
as Chained Girl
Meeting with the Devil
as Satan's Daughter
Living Shame
as Tai