Courtney was born in Orlando, Florida on September 28, 1995. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia when she was 3 and started acting by the time she was seven. She starred in her first short film at the age of nine, quickly deciding it would be a career to pursue. Through middle school and high school she commuted to Los Angeles from Atlanta for months at a time, then finally moved to Los Angeles for college to pursue a BFA degree in film production.