Biography

Crystle Lightning (Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Actress in a Drama Series, 2021) is a performing artist from the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta. She began her journey in show business at the age of nine when the Lightning family moved from Canada to Los Angeles. There, Crystle landed her first lead role in the feature film "3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up", and has been working in the industry ever since. Lightning trained at the prestigious Beverly Hills Playhouse-one of the oldest and most respected acting schools in Los Angeles. Her film and television credits include "Outlander" (Starz), "Trickster" (The CW), "The Good Doctor" (ABC), "Three Pines" (Prime Video), "Lawmen: Bass Reeves" (Paramount+), "Spirit Rangers" (Netflix), "Fancy Dance" (Apple TV) opposite Oscar-nominated actress Lily Gladstone, and "Mary Margaret Road Grader", produced by George R. R. Martin. She also recurs on "Ghosts" (CBS). Crystle recently booked a recurring role on the The upcoming USA Network drama series "Anna Pigeon" which will begin filming Fall of 2025.

Crystle Lightning is the Co-Creator and Director of the smash-hit musical "Bear Grease" - An Indigenous twist on the 1978 classic "Grease", which made its Off-Broadway debut in New York City summer 2025! The production broke new ground being the longest running indigenous musical in Broadway history. She is also set to Co-Direct her first feature film, "Salesman of the Year", alongside her mother, acclaimed filmmaker Georgina Lightning.
- IMDb mini biography by: Crystle Lightning

Ethnicity is Plains Cree Native American.

Is trained in horseback riding, modeling, piano, singing, dance, and weapons.

Holds dual US & Canadian citizenship.

May 29, 2019. Gave birth at age 38 to her first child, a boy, with her boyfriend Henry Andrade (aka Red Cloud).