Rey was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky and moved with her parents at age three to Orange County, California.
[4] She then moved to Los Angeles, where she earned an MBA in marketing at Loyola Marymount University.
[2][5] She worked in a TV production company where people encouraged her to act.
[5] She has appeared in commercials for Time Warner and Gillette Tag Body Spray and in print-ads for T-Mobile and Verizon.
[citation needed] She started a retail company selling swimwear using the actress Audrey Hepburn as inspiration for her designs.