She was born and raised in a middle class family, and was born as the middle one out of three children to Emmy; a teacher and Jack; a photographer. She grew up with her siblings and attended the local Timothy Memorial High. It was there that she discovered acting first at the age of 8. After recognizing her talent in the work, she started to enjoy performing on stage and thus began to be very actively involved in most of her school’s drama acts. She graduated in 2008 and took private acting classes in New York City. She was raised as a Jewish, but doesn’t particularly follow the religion up close. Born and bred in America, she is an American by nationality and belongs to a white ethnicity.