OUIDA COREA is the only daughter of Vernon and Monica Corea. She was brought up in Colombo, with her two older brothers Vernon (Jr) and Ivan. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Ouida Corea.

Ouida and her family migrated to England in 1975. She is the wife of Praveen Wickramaratne, a senior member of an IT company, and has four children: Rebecca, Jeremy, Rachel and Daniel.

Rebecca who works as a teacher, is married to Steve Berry, who is an estate agent. Ouida’s son Jeremy, is an Accountant and married Jessica Fanticelli from Brazil.