She attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School,[2] where she traveled with the Junior Olympics volleyball squad and also got her start as a model.

In April 2010, she guest-starred in the NCIS episode "Guilty Pleasure" as DC escort Charlotte Cook.

[10] In November 2011, she was cast in CSI: Miami in the recurring role of Samantha Owens, a lab technician.

[11] Since 2016, Cole has starred in several Hallmark Channel made-for-TV movies including Appetite for Love, My Summer Prince, Christmas In Homestead, The Art of Us, Christmas Festival of Ice, One Winter Weekend, Falling For You, One Winter Proposal, Matching Hearts, Aloha Heart, and a recurring role as Ruby Herring in the Ruby Herring Mysteries.

[12] On June 20, 2020, Cole and producer Cameron Larson were married in a livestream ceremony from Lake Tahoe.