Tatum Baylee Bates was born in Colorado on October 11. At the age of 2, her and her family moved across country to Fort Myers, Florida. At the young age of 8, Tatum began acting in her schools' productions and has been actively pursuing a career in stage theater and film ever since. Tatum has worked on several film projects, including the found footage horror film "A Cold Grave" and "Horror in the Forest", and the mystery thriller "Todd". She has also acted in a plethora of theatrical productions around the state, most notably as Hamlet in "Hamlet", Linda in "Evil Dead: The Musical" and Katherine Stockmann in "Enemy of The People".