Crystle Lightning

Biography

Crystle Lightning is an actress and musician from Canada who is Enoch Cree, born in Edmonton in 1981. She began acting in 1994 and has worked in film, television, and voice roles. Her most notable part was Lori Piestewa in Saving Jessica Lynch, and she played the lead, Jo, in 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995). Later credits include Chloe in American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005), a recurring role on Days of Our Lives, The Game (2006), and Older Than America (2008) with Bradley Cooper. She voiced Jen in the 2006 video game Prey and won Best Actress in a Drama Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for Trickster. As a musician, Lightning is an electro house DJ who formed the hip-hop group LightningCloud with MC RedCloud, releasing their self-titled debut in 2012 and earning Best Hip Hop Album recognition from the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards.

45years old

Turns 46 on February 5in 115 days

Born February 5, 1981Edmonton
Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Also credited as Crystle Lea Lightning

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 28 years1995 to 2023

Every film, newest first

2023Fancy DanceIMDb rating 6.6
2005American Pie Presents: Band CampIMDb rating 5.0
19953 Ninjas Knuckle UpIMDb rating 4.4

Genres

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A first
Lightning and MC RedCloud won Power 106's 2013 "Who's Next: Battle for the Best" contest as the hip-hop group LightningCloud, earning a performance with Kendrick Lamar and a freestyle battle in Austin, Texas.
A change of course
Inspired by a DJ Lady Tribe mix at a Los Angeles nightspot, Lightning asked Christi Mills for a musical apprenticeship. She later partnered with her mentor to start a performance crew, Ladies of the House.