Ecstasia Sanders was born in San Diego, California on July 15, 1985. The elder of two to an African American father and a Scottish/English mother, Ecstasia was raised in a very artistic household and grew up watching her parents performing on the stage. Her mother, singer/songwriter Dayle Tomson, and her father, musical-theatre performer and current member of "The Sojuorners" Will Sanders, saw the same passion for performing in Ecstasia at an early age and decided to get her an agent and give her the opportunity to audition for film and television.

Ecstasia's vibrancy landed her first commercial at 7 years old, and she went on to star in many commercials such as Perfume Princess (1994), Alphabets (1995), Polly Pocket (1996), and Operation (1999). She landed her first big part in a feature film as a supporting lead alongside Michele Lee in Color Me Perfect (1996).

Ecstasia was very involved in the theatre program at her high school and when she graduated she continued to craft her art form at Lyric School of Acting where she as trained by Michelle Lonsdale Smith, specializing in the Meisner technique and Method Acting. Ecstasia moved to Los Angeles to continue her studies at Lyric School of Acting and went on to star in feature films such as Kedi Kadın (2004), Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006), and Son Durak 3 (2006), as well as television series such as Smallville (2001), Psych (2006), and Doğaüstü (2005).

Ecstasia continues to work on various film and television productions. She has appeared on productions such as Jakuzi ekspres (2010), Motive (2013), Arctic Air (2012), and Anaokulu Polisi 2 (2016).