She is the daughter of Pamela Jacovides of New York City and J.Hardie Karrh of Wintergreen, Virginia. She is stepdaughter of Alice C. Karrh, a freelance book editor, and Andrew J. Jacovides, Cypriot Ambassador to the United States from 1979 to 1989 and from 1993 to 1996 and to the United Nations from 1992 to 1993.