On October 16, 1981, Caterina Scorsone was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She goes by Caterina Reminy Scorsone. Her parents are Suzanne Rozell Scorsone, who is also her mother, and Antonio Bruno Scorsone. Mr. Antonio is a social worker, and Mrs. Suzanne studies social anthropology. She has four siblings total. She is partly Italian and has Canadian citizenship.
Caterina Scorsone studied at the Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts in Toronto, where she also made appearances in ‘Oklahoma!’ and other productions. She attended Subway Academy II as an alternative. Later, she applied to and was accepted into Trinity College at the University of Toronto, where she majored in Literary Studies and minored in Philosophy. She graduated from college in 2005.