Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe

Known for ActingBorn 1981-01-20 (age 45)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Evidence

Supernatural

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

Wonder

Stargate SG-1

Smallville

Stargate Atlantis

Psych

The Wish Swap

The L Word

Pie To Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Almost Human

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar

Breaker High

Wild Cards

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart

Masters of Horror

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made

The Twilight Zone

Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3'

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Shifting Gears

Republic of Doyle

Cold Squad

The Sausage Factory

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled

Insomnia

The Adventures of Shirley Holmes

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love

Center Stage: Turn It Up

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream

Christmas at Dollywood

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Moon and Back

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again

Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters

Flip That Romance

Hearts of Christmas

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million

Marry Me at Christmas

This Time Each Year

Magic in Mount Holly

Bionic Woman