Surabhi was born to Andy & Radha on 16 November 1986. She hails from Narikkuni in Kozhikode, Kerala. Her siblings are Subitha Santhosh (sister), Sumitha Akhil (sister) and Sudheesh Kumar (brother). Her grandmother Lakshmi is said to be her pillar of inspiration. Surabhi spent her childhood in Koolikkulangara, Mangad (Unnikulam) in North Kerala. She did her schooling in AUP School Mangad, Kerala.

With a merit scholarship, Surabhi passed her BA degree in Bharathanatyam (2009) with first rank from Kaladi Sree Sankaracharya College. She did her Master of Arts (MA) in 2011 in Theatre Arts from the same college with a merit scholarship from the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. In 2012, she completed her Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Performing Arts from MG University, Kerala. She is currently a research scholar at the Kaladi Sree Sankaracharya College. In 2015, she received the Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship for the best student.