Cricket Lee was born in Ft Benning, Georgia, raised in Alaska, and has also lived in Hawaii, California, South Korea, and Idaho.

Lee's move to Los Angeles was completely by accident and points the finger at James Gunn as she is a huge fan of his work and saw a MySpace bulletin from Gunn saying he would be on a show called "Filmnut" (The Stream.tv). While cracking jokes or making comments in the chatrooms during the live shows and from bulletins on her MySpace page, her writing was noticed by comedian/host Stuart Paap of "Live! from the Future with Stuart Paap" (The Stream.tv), who offered a writing internship while another host offered her a co-host position on his radio program.