Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe (born Yan-Kay Lo; January 20, 1981) is a Canadian actress, director, and model best known for her scream queen roles in horror films such as '' Children of the Corn: Revelation'' (2001), ''

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'' (2006), '' Black Christmas'' (2006), and '' Wrong Turn 2: Dead End'' (2007), and as Rita Haywith in Hallmark Channel's '' Signed, Sealed, Delivered'' television and television film series (2013–2021).

Early life

Lowe was born Yan-Kay Lo (

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: 羅艷琪,

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: ''Lòh Yihm Kèih'') in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

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to a Scottish mother and

father from

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. 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.

Career

Lowe started her career as a model. Her first acting role was at age 15 was as Nya on an episode of ''

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''. Lowe went on to guest star in several popular television shows like ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Stargate: Atlantis'', ''

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'', plus many more. Lowe's first film role came in 2000 when she was cast in the film ''

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''. 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 ''

''. 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 ''

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''. In 2008 she was reunited with her ''

'' co-stars

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and

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in the film ''

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''. 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 ''

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'', as Vala in the 9th season of the CW show ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', 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

. Lowe is fluent in

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Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Crystal 1981 births Living people Actresses from Vancouver Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian actresses of Chinese descent Canadian people of Hong Kong descent Female models from British Columbia