Samantha Lauren Hodges was born on November 9 in Monterey, California. When Samantha was 3 years old, she and her family moved to the southeast. She attended school there and participated in cheerleading, dance, tennis, and 4-H shooting sports. She began performing in local plays when she was 8 years old and attended acting classes in Dallas, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Samantha later moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her dreams of acting. In 2014, she landed her first major role as Tam Butterbit in "Life at These Speeds".