1981-01-20 ( 44 years old ) in 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.
Movies
The Wish Swap
2025-02-08
This Time Each Year
2024-10-24
Break In
2023-11-17
Old Flames Never Die
2022-02-11
Magic in Mount Holly
2021-11-16
The Wrong Wedding Planner
2020-07-17
Christmas at Dollywood
2019-12-08
Flip That Romance
2019-03-16
Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls
2019-01-29
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar
2018-07-15
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017-12-03
Wonder
2017-11-13
Marry Me at Christmas
2017-10-28
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again
2017-09-24
2 Bullets
2017-06-01
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground
2017-02-19
Hearts of Christmas
2016-12-04
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You
2016-09-25
Rampage: President Down
2016-08-26
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million
2016-07-24
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart
2016-02-21
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015-09-13
Gourmet Detective: A Healthy Place to Die
2015-08-02
Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas
2014-11-23
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
2013-10-12
A Little Bit Zombie
2012-02-03
To the Mat
2011-08-17
Killer Mountain
2011-08-01
Hot Tub Time Machine
2010-03-26
Driven to Kill
2009-05-01
Trust
2009-01-29
Playing for Keeps
2009-01-18
Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon
2008-11-08
Dim Sum Funeral
2008-11-01
Center Stage: Turn It Up
2008-10-30
The Boy Next Door
2008-06-01
Poison Ivy: The Secret Society
2008-04-18
Good Luck Chuck
2007-09-21
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007-08-25
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2007-06-13
May All Your Christmases Be Black
2007-04-03
Coffee Diva
2007-01-01
Black Christmas
2006-12-15
Totally Awesome
2006-11-07
Snakes on a Plane
2006-08-17
Dead Teenager Movie
2006-07-25
Kill Shot: The Making of 'FD3'
2006-07-25
Scary Movie 4
2006-04-12
Final Destination 3
2006-02-09
Blood Angels
2005-03-22
Going the Distance
2004-08-20
I Spy
2002-10-31
The Secret Life of Zoey
2002-08-19
Insomnia
2002-05-24
Children of the Corn: Revelation
2001-10-09
Sanctimony
2000-10-26
Get Carter
2000-10-06
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