Olivia Dean is from London, England. She was born in the London Borough of Haringey and grew up in the Highams Park and Walthamstow areas in North London. Olivia Dean has a mixed heritage with an English father and a Jamaican-Guyanese mother. Her maternal grandmother emigrated to the UK from Guyana as part of the Windrush generation. This diverse background has influenced her life and music career as a neo-soul singer-songwriter.