She is known for her roles as Karai in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and Dr. Kelly Lee on General Hospital.

Minae Noji's father is an engineer and her mother is an accountant.

She attended Mesa Robles Middle School and Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights.

She graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a bachelor's degree in sociology and music.

She appeared on the soap opera General Hospital, playing the role of Dr. Kelly Lee from 2006 to 2012.