Career
She played Afia Masood, a love interest for Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel) in the British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders, originally making a guest appearance between the 29 December 2009 and 5 January 2010. She returned to the role of Afia, on the 18 November 2010, this time as a regular character. She departed EastEnders on 7 June 2012.
Other than appearing in EastEnders, Fernandes has appeared Doctor Who, Demons, Minder alongside fellow EastEnders actor, Shane Richie, lieutenant"s Now or Never, Clone and Dis/Connected.
She has also appeared in the highly criticized YouTube series, Living With the Infidels playing "Jot". In stage she has appeared in The Lion of Punjab in 2006 and A Small Town Anywhere directed in 2007.
In musicals she has appeared in Oliver! as a "Workhouse Girl", in 1996 and sung in Il mondo della luna at the Royal Academy of Music in 2003. She has also appeared in a film, Ashes where she appeared as the lead role, Amisha, in 2012.