Crystle Lightning

Crystle Lightning, the Canadian Screen Award Winner for "Best Actress in a Drama Series" 2021, is an Indigenous Actress from the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta. She began her career at age nine when she landed her first lead role in the feature: 3 NINJAS: Knuckle Up and has been working in the industry ever since. Crystle's film and television appearances include "Yellowstone" on Paramount +, "Outlander" on Starz, "Trickster" (series lead) on The CW, "The Good Doctor" on ABC, "Rutherford Falls" on Peacock, "Ghosts" (recurring) on CBS, and recently the #1 Series on Amazon Prime TV "Three Pines" on Prime TV. This year, you will see Lightning in "Spirit Rangers" on Netflix, George R. R. Martin's "Mary Margaret Road Grader," directed by Steven Paul Judd, "Fancy Dance," directed by Erica Tremblay and "Bass Reeves" on Paramount +. Lightning is co-creator and star of the all-Native, hit musical "BEAR GREASE," an Indigenous twist to the 1978 Classic, "Grease," marking her directorial debut. In addition to acting, Lightning is a Hip Hop recording artist and a member of the award- winning group "LightningCloud." She has won Power 106's "Who's Next?" and Hot 97's "Battle for the Best." Additionally, she has recorded with a myriad of artists including Cypress Hill and Timbaland and toured with legends like Kendrick Lamar, Asap Rocky and Nicki Minaj. Now, Crystle lives in Treaty 6, Alberta with her husband, son and 3 dogs.