Van Ee was born in South Carolina, United States, to Dutch parents and raised in California, United States, until she was eight years old, when the family moved to Bentveld, The Netherlands.
Soon after, she was photographed by Steven Meisel for a Calvin Klein Jeans ad campaign.
In 2009, she was also chosen as an exclusive for Givenchy and participated in Vogue's Fashion's Night Out event.
[5] She appeared in an ensemble D&G campaign with models such as Jacquelyn Jablonski and Daria Strokous.
[6] In June 2020, she, Julie Hoomans, and various other models such as Bente Oort and Anna de Rijk appeared on individual covers of Vogue Netherlands during the COVID-19 health crisis; the covers had been shot remotely.