de young is a native of sacramento, california. she is a dancer, starting around the age of seven, with a focus in jazz, tap, and ballet. additionally, she is a trained soprano and has various theater credits. she graduated from the american musical and dramatic academy. after that, she landed a leading role as ginny thompson in the abc family series "bunheads". in 2014, she made a guest appearance in the sitcom "baby daddy" as bailey, and jenna taylor on "the middle". in 2014, she was cast in the mtv sitcom "faking it" as lauren. she then went on to star as imogene cleary on the amazon prime series, the marvelous mrs. maisel.