Rey was born in Vigo on 21 March 1967 and lived in Tomiño (Province of Pontevedra), a town where her father, José Luis Fernández Lorenzo, was mayor until 2007, for the Partido Popular.

[2] Graduating in journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid, she began her professional career in the local radio station of Cadena SER in her hometown.

Parliamentary Responsible [definition needed]for Antena 3 Television and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Business Communication.

[citation needed] On this channel she presented the Antena 3 Noticias weekend news program, together with Roberto Arce, and later the daily edition, with Pedro Piqueras until 1996.

[citation needed] In June 2012, she started a blog, "Tiene la palabra", in the Spanish edition of Yahoo News.