[3] She is the mother of actress Lexi Fernandez, who was a former GMA Network contract artist.
[9] She has had considerable success as a screen actress, figuring in many movies with the respected Filipino actor Fernando Poe, Jr. and appearing in the award-winning Hong Kong film Days of Being Wild by acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai.
[10] On her 30th birthday, Fernandez was diagnosed with breast cancer and has since undergone a lumpectomy in the United States.
[11] In remission, she has been serving as a spokesperson for breast cancer patients and survivors in the Philippines and abroad.
Simple Thoughts, her easy text floral service Bella Regalo, RSVP Event Planning and Design, and Just Desserts[14] in addition to her jobs as commercial model and actress in television soap operas for a major Philippine television network.