Wendy Alec was born in Welbeck Street in the heart of London, England. She left the UK at the age of eight and grew up on the shores of the Indian Ocean in Durban, South Africa. Coached in Speech and Drama from nine, it was apparent at an early age that she would follow a career in the arts. Immediately after leaving school, she trained in Speech and Drama and Music, paving the way for an intensive creative career that would span the next twenty years.