[1] She attended the private Saint Ann's School alongside her Bringing Rain (2003) costar, Paz de la Huerta.

She spent many of her summers growing up in the small South Jersey shore town of Sea Isle City.

While at high school she also attended classes and appeared in plays at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

One of her first major roles was in the Lifetime channel original film She's Too Young (2004), in which she portrayed a sexually active teenager.

In September 2011, Dziena attempted to get a restraining order against her parents, claiming that she was living in fear of them resorting to "murder or violence" to access her money.