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.
2025
as Rita
2025
as Jess
2024
as Doctor Lo
2024
as Rita
2024
as Siobhan
2023
as Ellen
2022
as Kira Young (older)
2021
as Daphne
2021
as Rita Haywith
2020
as Ashley
2019
as Maggie Davis
2019
as Kat
2019
as Ramona
2018
as Rita Haywith
2018
as Rita Haywith
2017
as Callie
2017
as Julian's Mom
2017
as Isabel
2017
as Rita Haywith
2017
as Kate
2017
as Rita Haywith
2016
as Lauren Wright
2016
as Rita Haywith
2016
as Bill's Girlfriend
2016
as Rita Haywith
2016
as Rita Haywith
2015
as Rita Haywith
2015
as Rita Haywith
2015
as Gretchen
2015
as Rita Haywith
2014
as Rita Haywith
2014
as Rita Haywith
2013
as Jeannie
2013
as Rita Haywith
2012
as Toby Nance
2012
as Tina
2011
as Piper / Peaches
2011
as Dr. Nina
2010
as Cassandra Hobbs
2010
as Zoe
2010
as Michelle Cantwell (as Crystal Lowe)
2009
as Tanya
2009
as Michelle
2009
as Faiza
2008
as Ashley
2008
as Jane
2008
as Lexi
2008
as Nicole
2008
as Isabel
2007
as Jessica
2007
as Cam's Wedding Friend
2007
as Elena
2007
as Hot Party Girl #3
2007
as herself
2007
as Chipped Tooth / Starlet
2006
as Lauren Hannon
2006
as Pretty Girl
2006
as Autograph Girl
2006
as Self
2006
2006
as Eden
2006
as Daphne
2006
as Chingy's Girl #1
2006
as Deb Kintza
2006
as Ashlyn Halperin
2006
as Kelly (uncredited)
2005
as Lily
2005
as Yvette
2005
as Leticia Gore Actress
2005
2005
as Tanya
2004
as Julie
2004
as Waitress
2004
as Mardola
2004
as Cree
2004
as Cocktail Waitress
2002
as Beautiful Girl
2002
as Groupie
2002
as Cheerleader
2002
as Kay Connell
2001
as Shannon
2001
as Vala
2001
as Tiffany
2000
as Virginia
2000
as Girl #1
1998
as Sylvia
1998
as Shelley Dunne
1998
as Hooker Getting Into Car (uncredited)
1998
as Samantha Gordon
1998
as Myra Lawson
1997
as Melina
1997
as Nya
1997
as Pascal