No Place Like Home
She was born and raised in the Detroit area. Detroit is the 24th-most populous city in the United States, anchoring the second-largest regional economy in the Midwest, behind Chicago and ahead of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the 13th-largest in the US.
Specifically, Crystal and her family lived in Orchard Lake, about 45 minutes north-west of the city of Detroit.
Crystal moved to Los Angeles in 2004.

Ancestry
Crystal is a first-generation Iraqi-American: her parents are Chaldean Catholics who emigrated from Iraq. She also had one set of grandparents living with her until she was 11. As a result, Crystal is able to speak Aramaic.
Did You Know?
Crystal had an uncredited cameo in the 2008 film Iron Man as a "Dubai beauty".
And Before That...
She had a cameo as "Jazz Club Girl" in the 2007 comic-based film Spider-Man 3 (see below).
Not-so-humble Beginnings
People recognized Crystal as special from an early age. She was in the Top 10 of the 2004 Miss Michigan beauty pageant (see article below).


Bust Out Laughing
Her primary career is that of stand up comedian. She had to cancel a gig two weeks in advance so she could attend to her father as he was dying and was subsequently "banned" by a manager at the Comedy Store for a few years.
