 Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985 , in Manama , Bahrain , and was raised in a multi @-@ ethnic family . Her father , Elroy , is Sri Lankan , and her mother , Kim , is of Malaysian descent . Her grandfather , on her mother 's side of the family , is Canadian and her great grandparents were from Goa , India . Her father , who was a musician in Sri Lanka , moved to Bahrain in the 1980s to escape civil unrest between the Tamils and Sinhalese and subsequently met her mother who was an air hostess . She is the youngest of four children with one elder sister and two elder brothers . She hosted television shows in Bahrain at the age of fourteen . After receiving her early education in Bahrain , she pursued a degree in mass communication from the University of Sydney in Australia . After graduating she worked as a television reporter in Sri Lanka . She also attended the Berlitz school of languages , where she learnt Spanish and improved her French and Arabic . 
 Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985 , in Manama , Bahrain , and was raised in a multi @-@ ethnic family . Her father , Elroy , <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>Sri Lankan , and her mother , Kim , is of Malaysian descent . Her grandfather , on her mother <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>side of the family , <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>Canadian and her great grandparents <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> from Goa , India . Her father , <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>was a musician in Sri Lanka , moved to Bahrain in the 1980s to escape civil unrest between the Tamils and Sinhalese and subsequently met her mother <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a>was an air hostess . She <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>is</mark></a>the youngest of four children with one elder sister and two elder brothers . She hosted television shows in Bahrain at the age of fourteen . After receiving her early education in Bahrain , she pursued a degree in mass communication from the University of Sydney in Australia . After graduating she worked as a television reporter in Sri Lanka . She also attended the Berlitz school of languages , where she <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>learnt</mark></a> Spanish and improved her French and Arabic . 
Fernandez was born on 11 August 1985 , in Manama , Bahrain , and was raised in a multi @-@ ethnic family . Her father , Elroy , Sri Lankan , and her mother , Kim , is of Malaysian descent . Her grandfather , on her mother  side of the family , Canadian and her great grandparents was from Goa , India . Her father , was a musician in Sri Lanka , moved to Bahrain in da 1980s to escape civil unrest between the Tamils and Sinhalese and subsequently met her mother was an air hostess . She the youngest of 4 children with one elder sista and 2 elder brothers . She hosted television shows in Bahrain at tdaage of fourteen . After receiving her early education in Bahrain , she pursued a degree in mass communication from the University of Sydney in Australia . After graduating she worked as a television reporter in Sri Lanka . She also attended the Berlitz school of languages , where she learned Spanish and improved her French and Arabic .