Paloma Kwiatkowski was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. She is of Polish descent, with her parents having immigrated to Canada shortly before Paloma was born. She was very involved in theater, film-making and improv during high school and has twice competed on a national level at the Canadian Improv Games. During her final year of high school, Paloma received a scholarship to an acting program. In her very first audition, she booked the role of 'Thalia Grace' in the 20th Century Fox feature film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.