[citation needed] Along with her three brothers, Best attended Central Coast Grammar School where she won a performance award at the age of eight.

From there she moved with her family to Beauty Point, attending SCECGS Redlands for six months until enrolling at Brent Street Performing Arts High School.

Three months into a full-time Global Studies course at the University of Technology, Sydney, Best accepted the role of Cheryl Hayes in Puberty Blues.

From a young age, Best has appeared regularly as a fashion model in such magazines as Barbie, Total Girl, Oyster and Cosmopolitan.

[3] In March 2012, it was announced[4] that Best had been cast as Cheryl Hayes in Network Ten's drama series Puberty Blues, which is based on the 1979 novel of the same name by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette.