Talia was born on March 20, 1980 in Toronto, Canada, to mother Vicki Rosenthal a Chartered accountant and father Zion Russo an artist.Russo is of British and Israeli decent, and lived in England and Israel with her younger brother and parents until 6 years old.Talia's career on camera began while appearing and dancing on the hit show "Electric Circus" in (1998) she was discovered and photographed for the Sun newspaper, which followed dozens of pictorials, calendars, video shoots and cover shots across Canada. Russo holds the record for most photographed model in the "Toronto Sun"Russo has appeared in hit films, Mean Girls (2004) as the kissing couple and The Rocker (2008) and a handful of indie films.Russo produced and hosted her own television show "Around Town" (2012) on CTV Two, and entertainment lifestyle show.