Marlea Cleveland grew up in the small town of Middle Lake, Saskatchewan. She was always an artistic child, having taken voice lessons, piano, dance, and travelling out of town to be part of musical theater productions. After moving away from home to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, she gave birth to her daughter, Haddlea. She went on to receive her Medical Office Assisting Certificate and worked in Saskatoon hospitals for several years. While working in hospitals she was an avid member of the Saskatoon Summer Players community theater group. She was on stage as a chorus member in 'Shrek: The Musical' and, 'Spamalot' and she played 'Jan' in 'Grease'. Along with that, she worked behind the scenes on 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,' 'Little Women,' and 'The Rocky Horror Show.'

In 2017, the opportunity arose for her to attend Vancouver Film School and she didn't hesitate to pack up and move to Vancouver about 2 months later. She graduated from the Acting for Film and Television program with honors and is working hard to make herself known to the Vancouver Film Industry. Marlea has done a lot of background work on a variety of shows including: Upload, Turner and Hooch, Batwoman, Loudermilk, Sacred Lies, etc.