Marilee was born to Elzarus LeGrande Hunsaker and Tana Clark Hunsaker on 19 March. Marilee's father is an Air Force Veteran as well as a former Special Agent. Marilee lived in Great Falls, MT for a few months after birth before moving to Europe where she resided and traveled extensively with her family for several years. Upon returning to the United States, she lived in Missouri, Kansas, Montana on the family ranch, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee where she graduated from Oak Ridge High School. At 16, she lived briefly in Puebla, Mexico. Marilee has two brothers, Michael & David.Marilee received three scholarships & completed a Bachelor of Arts 23 months after high school graduation having attended both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Brigham Young University, Provo. She went on to earn a master's degree from Brigham Young University, Provo & attended graduate school at Texas Christian University. Her focuses of study included law, finance, education, & history. In addition to acting & producing, she works in finance and has volunteered extensively for non-profits in the communities of Highland Park, TX (Dallas) & the Salt Lake City, UT area.