Crystle Lightning

Born: 1981-02-05

Crystle Lightning, an Indigenous Actress from the Enoch Cree Nation, began her show business journey at a young age. The Lightning Family moved from Canada to Los Angeles where Crystle landed her first lead role in the feature: "3 Ninjas", at 9 years old. Crystle went on to study at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas and Richard Lawson. Crystle's Film and Television appearances include: "American Pie: Band Camp", "Days of Our Lives", "Southland", and most recently "Yellowstone" (Most Watched Show of 2018) and "Outlander" (Peoples Choice Award for Best TV Show 2017). When Crystle Lightning is not in front of the camera, she loves being on stage, & tours internationally as part of Hip Hop Supergroup "LightningCloud" (alongside MC RedCloud). LightningCloud is the 2014 Indigenous Music Award Winner for Best New Artist, 2015 Indigenous Music Award Winner for Best Rap Album and Power 106FM's "Battle For The Best" Champions. LightningCloud has shared the stage with Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, The Game, Tech N9ne and Cypress Hill. Crystle Lightning will debut her solo album in 2020 (Titled: "Hummingbird Slang"). Most recently, the Adult Coloring Book industry has been catapulted by Crystle Lightning's books: "Indigenous Legends: Extraordinary Natives", "Indigenous Legends: Extraordinary Women" and "Moosebumpz: Scary Stories from the Rez". Crystle formed 1491 Publishing as an outlet to release original, native content to the world. The Indigenous Legends Series are now a #1 Amazon New Release! Crystle is also a professional DJ, and has played at venues and nightclubs across the country. Ms. Lightning loves inspiring youth through motivational speaking and travels across the country speaking at colleges, schools and universities. Crystle's most recent endeavor is booking the series lead of Maggie in "The Trickster" for CBC. This has been a dream for her to bring this character to life.


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as Chloe
Released: 2005-10-31

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3 Ninjas Knuckle Up

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Saving Jessica Lynch

as Lori Piestewa
Released: 2003-11-08

Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.

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Tamales and Gumbo

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Released: 2010-01-01

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The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery Lights of Navajo Mesa

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Released: 1994-01-01

Adventure - At the outskirts of a tiny town deep in the desert, where a B-17 airplane rests next...

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The Last Chance Detectives: Legend of the Desert Bigfoot

as Winnie
Released: 1995-01-01

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The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake

as Winnie
Released: 1996-01-01

When Mike fails to show up by day's end, our young sleuths have their biggest and most important...

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The Good Doctor

as Val
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Yellowstone

as Verda Stands Alone
First aired: 2018-06-20

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the...

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Hudson & Rex

as Kiera Lafold
First aired: 2019-02-25

Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal"...

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Outlander

as Giduhwa
First aired: 2014-08-09

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in...

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Ghosts

as Shiki
First aired: 2021-10-07

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country...

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Femme Fatales

as Candela
First aired: 2011-05-13

This provocative hit series tells the stories of dangerous women who find extraordinary ways of...

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Lawmen: Bass Reeves

as Nita
First aired: 2023-11-05

The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves...

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Three Pines

as Missy Two-Rivers
First aired: 2022-12-01

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the...

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Trickster

as Maggie
First aired: 2020-10-07

An Indigenous teen struggles to support his dysfunctional family as myth, magic, and monsters...

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