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.
Acting
TV
Supernatural
as Leticia Gore Actress
2005
Movie
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
as Hot Party Girl #3
2007
Movie
Wonder
as Julian's Mom
2017
Movie
Insomnia
as Kay Connell
2002
Movie
Final Destination 3
as Ashlyn Halperin
2006
TV
Smallville
as Vala
2001
Movie
Scary Movie 4
as Chingy's Girl #1
2006
TV
Bones
2005
Movie
Hot Tub Time Machine
as Zoe
2010
Movie
Snakes on a Plane
as Autograph Girl
2006
TV
Stargate SG-1
as Nya
1997
Movie
Good Luck Chuck
as Cam's Wedding Friend
2007
Movie
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
as Elena
2007
TV
Stargate Atlantis
as Mardola
2004
Movie
I Spy
as Beautiful Girl
2002
TV
Psych
as Eden
2006
TV
Psych
as Daphne
2006
TV
The L Word
as Cocktail Waitress
2004
Movie
Get Carter
as Girl #1
2000
Movie
Black Christmas
as Lauren Hannon
2006
TV
Almost Human
as Jeannie
2013
TV
Masters of Horror
as Lily
2005
TV
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
as Cassandra Hobbs
2010
Movie
Center Stage: Turn It Up
as Lexi
2008