Kam Heskin was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota on May 8, 1973. She went to Concordia College in Minnesota where she graduated with a degree in Communications and Political Science. The day after graduation, she moved to Chicago and modeled for the next couple of months before moving to New York. Her first role came when director John Woo selected her as the lead in his pilot "Blackjack". Kam now lives near UCLA in Los Angeles.