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Mann was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Newport Beach. She was raised "WASPy" by her mother, a successful businesswoman who leads design and quality programs for Ayres Hotel group. Mann has stated of her father, "My dad is. . . I don't really have one. I mean, he does exist, but I have zero relationship with him. " She has two siblings and three older step-brothers. Her maternal grandmother, Sadie Viola Heljä Räsänen, was the daughter of Finnish immigrants.

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