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Thiessen was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Robyn Ernest, a homemaker, and Frank Thiessen, a park designer and landscape architect.
She has two siblings ; an older brother named Todd, an actor and avid cyclist, and a younger brother named Schuyler.
Her father is of German descent and her mother is a mix of Greek, Turkish, and Welsh descent.
She credits her brother, Todd, as one of her most important sources of inspiration, and her mother and grandmother as role models.
She attended Cubberley Elementary and Marshall Junior High School in Long Beach.
In 1992, Thiessen graduated as valedictorian at Valley Professional High School in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
Her uncle, Roger Ernest, attended college with Steven Spielberg and co-wrote one of his student films called Slipstream.
Her uncle also appeared in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Sugarland Express, playing a police officer in both films.
Ernest was the first person to suggest that Thiessen enter show business.

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