 Kate Mansi was born Katharine Theresa Rose Morris on September 15, 1987 in Calabasas, California, to parents Jeff and Victoria Morris in Southern California.She is of Irish and Italian descent, and she studied film and public relations at Pepperdine University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.Mansi's interest in dance began as a child, when her mother—herself a dancer—enrolled her in dance classes.