Kha Mai was born October 30, 1991, in Xa Vung Tau, Ba Ria-Vung Tàu, Vietnam. Her mother (Hoa Le Mai), an accountant, is Vietnamese and her father (Michael Ross), an engineer, is Scottish. She came to the US in 2014 and studied mechanical engineering at the University of South Florida. She began her career as a model and soon after started taking small roles in films.