Watkins was born in Syracuse, New York, the daughter of former Latin teacher mother Myrna Watkins and Syracuse University mathematician father Mark Watkins. She has two sisters, Rebecca Kent and Sarah Fitts.\n', '

She was raised in DeWitt, New York, a suburb of Syracuse, in a Jewish family. After her parents\' divorce, Watkins\' mother obtained a marketing degree and relocated the family to Boston when Watkins was 15.\n', '

She attended Moses DeWitt Elementary School and Wellesley High School in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Michaela graduated from Boston University, where she studied theater and acting. Watkins auditioned for a part in a British farce at a community theater when she was 15, and got the part. Joan Rivers was one of her inspirations to go into show business.\n', '

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