Hughes was born in Los Angeles, California. When she was a year old, her family moved back to her father's native Ohio to be closer to his mother; after she died, they moved back to California when Kay was nine years old.
Hughes was born in Los Angeles, California. At one year of age, the family relocated to Hughes' father's home state of Ohio so they could be near her grandmother; following her grandmother's passing, they returned to California when Kay turned nine.