Crystle Lightning Biography
Crystle Lea Lightning is a Canadian-American film actress, musician, DJ, and hip-hop MC.
How old is Crystle Lightning? – Age
Lea is 43 years old as of February 5, 2024. The musician was born on February 5, 1981, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Crystle Lightning Height
The DJ stands at a height of 5feet 2 inches tall.
Crystle Lightning Early Life
She is the daughter of director and actress Georgia Lightning, and her brother is actor Cody Lightning. Her father’s identity is not yet revealed. Lightning holds dual citizenship with the United States and Canada. A First Nations Hobbema/Enoch Cree artist, Crystle began performing in Edmonton, Alberta, when she was 4 years old before her family relocated to Hollywood, California, when she was 9.
Crystle Lightning career
Film
The actress started acting in 1994 and has been in several films, with her most notable role portraying Lorri Piestewa in Saving Jessica Lynch. She played the lead role of Jo in 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up. Since then, she has been cast in a recurring role on the daytime NBC soap Days of Our Lives, played Chloe in 2005’s American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The CW/BET/Paramount+’s The Game, the spinoff of Girlfriends; and in Older Than America alongside Bradley Cooper. She also voiced Jen, the girlfriend of the game’s protagonist, Tommy, in the 2006 video game Prey. At the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, she won the award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for Trickster.
Music
Lightning is also an electro house DJ. Inspired by a mix performed by DJ Lady Tribe at a local Los Angeles nightspot, Lightning sought a musical apprenticeship with Christi Mills, later partnering with her mentor to form a performance crew called Ladies of the House. They performed regularly at Los Angeles Venues, as well as throughout the United States.
LightningCloud
Moving from the DJ booth to the center-stage mic, Lightning paired up with MC RedCloud to form the hip-hop LightningCloud. The pair released their self-titled debut, LightningCloud, in 2012 with RedClous’s long-term musical collaborator, DJ Hydroe. In 2013, LightningCloud won the “Who’s Next: Battle for the Best” contest on Power 106.
Crystle Lightning Movie
1994 – The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery Lights of Navajo Mesa
1995 – 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995 – The Last Chance Detectives: Legend of the Desert Bigfoot
2003 – Saving Jessica Lynch
2008 – Older Than America
2014 – Death Factory
2015 – Tamales and Gumbo
Crystle Lightning TV Shows
2001 – Touched by an Angel
2006 – The Game
2008 – Days of Our Lives
2009 – Tease
2012 – Femme Fatales
2013 – Southland
2020 – Trickster
2021 – Hudson & Rex
2022 – Ghosts
2023 – Lawmen: Bass Reeves
