Alaina Laethem was born in Missoula Montana. She has one older sister, author Anna Vera and parents Jerome and Paula. Alaina's first job was to model helmets for "Montana's Healthy Living Magazine". As a shy child, she continued to express herself in theater productions through grade school. At age 7, Alaina and her family moved to Flagstaff, Arizona. Alaina continued to participate in school theater productions as well as local fire safety commercials. She continued to work with theater until she was 16 and discovered her passion for film. Alaina continues to work in suspense, horror, and thriller films.