Hope Elizabeth Soberano was born in Santa Clara, California, USA, and was raised in Visalia, California, USA, by her paternal grandparents when her parents separated. In 2008 at the age of 10, she moved to Manila, Philippines to live with her father and relatives.
At the age of 12, after moving to Manila, she was offered jobs to model for print ads. At the age of 13, a talent scout spotted her. She made her acting debut in the anthology series Wansapanataym (2011).
