Laurie Wallace was born on August 25, 1975 in Baltimore, Maryland. Laurie moved with her family to Augsburg, Germany when she was thirteen. While living in Augsburg she attended high school, where she was a cheerleader and captain of the dance team as well as a member of both the drama club and student council. Wallace graduated summa cum laude with a double major in German and political science from Loyola College in Maryland. Laurie went on to attend law school at George Washington University for a year and did an intern stint on K Street. She decided to drop out of law school after a modeling agency made her an offer to move to Miami, Florida. After working in Miami for a year, Wallace went to New York and spent three years there acting and modeling.