Crystal Lowe Biography

Crystal Lowe (born January 20, 1981) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her scream queen roles. Lowe began her career with a supporting role in Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001), and then appeared as the murder victim at the center of the plot of Christopher Nolan's acclaimed thriller Insomnia (2002).

She then starred as Ashlyn Halperin in Final Destination 3 (2006), as Lauren Hannon in Black Christmas (2006) and as Elena Miller in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007). Other film appearances include Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), as Vala on the show Smallville (2010), as Toby Nance in the series Primeval: New World and as Rita Haywith in the new Hallmark series Signed, Sealed, Delivered.

Early life

Lowe was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Chinese father and a Scottish mother. On August 8, 2009, Lowe married her fiance Miko Tomasevich at Vancouver's historic Hycroft Manor.

Career

Lowe started her career as a model. At the age of 15 she made her way into the world of acting. Her first role was 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 Crystal was cast as Ashlyn Halperin in Final Destination 3. Her next role was as Lauren in the remake of Black Christmas. Just after Black Christmas, Lowe went on to star as Elena in Wrong Turn 2: Dead End. She was considered a "scream queen" after her appearances in these horror films.

After her work on Wrong Turn 2, 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-star 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 2009, Lowe had a small role in the action film Driven to Kill with Steven Seagal.

In 2010, Lowe appeared as Zoe in the film Hot Tub Time Machine, as Vala in the 9th 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 Crystal was cast as Toby Nance, one of the lead characters in the new series Primeval: New World.

In 2014, Crystal was cast as Rita Heywith in the Hallmark series Signed, Sealed, Delivered, which aired for one season in 2014 before becoming successive television films.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Get Carter	Girl #1
	Sanctimony	Virginia
2001	Children of the Corn: Revelation	Tiffany
2002	Insomnia	Kay Connell
	The Secret Life of Zoey	Cheerleader	TV movie
	I Spy	Beautiful Girl
2004	Going the Distance	Waitress
	The Life	Student #3	TV movie
2005	Thralls	Tanya Watner
2006	Final Destination 3	Ashlyn Halperin
	Scary Movie 4	Chingy's Girl #1	Cameo
	Snakes on a Plane	Autograph Girl	Cameo
	Totally Awesome	Pretty Girl	Cameo
	Black Christmas	Lauren Hannon	Main role
2007	Coffee Diva	Chipped Tooth/Starlet	Short film
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Nicole	Cameo
	Good Luck Chuck	Cam's Wedding Friend	Cameo
	Wrong Turn 2: Dead End	Elena	Supporting role
2008	That One Night	Stacy
	Poison Ivy: The Secret Society	Isabel Turner	Main role
	Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon	Ashley	Main role
	Center Stage: Turn It Up	Lexi	Supporting role
	Dim Sum Funeral	Jane
	The Boy Next Door	Nicole Warner	Main role
2009	What Color Is Love?	Faiza	TV movie
	Driven to Kill	Tanya	Supporting role
	Trust	Michelle	TV movie
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine	Zoe	Supporting role
2011	Suffer	Crystal	Short film
	Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story	Natalie	Supporting role
	Final Destination 5	Ashlyn	Cameo
	To the Mat	Piper/Peaches	TV movie
	Killer Mountain	Nina	TV movie
2012	A Little Bit Zombie	Tina	Main role
2013	Charlie	Rose

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Stargate SG-1	Nya	Episode: "Emancipation"
	Breaker High	Melina	Episode: "Beware of Geeks Baring Their Gifts"
1998	The Adventures of Shirley Holmes	Pascal	Episode: "The Case of the Open Hand"
1999-2000	Cold Squad	Myra Larson/Lawson	Episode: "Deadly Games: Part 2" Episode: "Death by Intent: Part 1"
1998-2001	Da Vinci's Inquest	Hooker Nude Girl Shelley Dunne Sylvia Sylvia	Episode: "Little Sister: Part 2" Episode: "The Most Dangerous Time" Episode: "Banging on the Wall" Episode: "Cheap Aftershave"
2002	MTV's Now What?	Shannon	Episode: "Zack's Little Problem" Episode: "Reality Bites" Episode: "Purity Test"
	The Twilight Zone	Groupie	Episode: "Harsh Mistress"
2004	Life as We Know It	Julie	Episode: "Natural Disasters"
2005	The Collector	Cree	Episode: "The Tattoo Artist"
	The L Word	Cocktail Waitress	Episode: "Lap Dance"
2006	Masters of Horror	Lily	Episode: "Pick Me Up"
	Killer Instinct	Yvette	Episode: "She's the Bomb"
	The Evidence	Deb Kintza	Episode: "And the Envelope Please"
2007	Falcon Beach	Kelly	Episode: "Strawberry Social Reject"
	Psych	Eden Daphne	Episode: "Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast" Episode: "If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You Dead?"
	Bionic Woman	Jessica	Episode: "Second Chances"
2008	Stargate Atlantis	Mardola	Episode: "Harmony"
2009	Supernatural	Leticia Gore Actress	Episode: "The Real Ghostbusters"
2010	Smallville	Vala	Recurring character
2011	Shattered	Woman	Episode: "Finding the Boy"
2012	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Cassandra	Episode: "Headshot"
2012-2013	Primeval: New World	Toby Nance	Main cast
2014	Almost Human	Jeannie	Episode: Simon Says
	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Rita Haywith	Main cast