Mai-Anh was born in 1957. Mai-Anh's father was Ngân and her mother is Nguyệt Nguyễn quý. Her paternal grandparents were Hổ (Hiệp-Hổ) and Nhu Nguyễn. She has two brothers and a sister, named Huấn, Chuyên and Mai-khôi. She is the second youngest of the four children.