Zoya Khan was born to Muslim parents of Pashtun ancestry in New Delhi, India. Her father L.U.Khan is a Solicitor and her mother is a mathematician. She is a niece of Cabinet Minister Shri. Haroon Yusuf, from New Delhi. Zoya did her schooling from Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, Bhopal, MP. Eventually she moved back and graduated from the University of Delhi with a Master’s in business administration and finance. Ever since she was a child she showed a streak to excel in sports, extra-curricular activities and college dramatics. She was the inter-school basketball and badminton player during her school and college days.