YASMINE SAMARASINGHE is an interior designer by profession, and the daughter of Gamini Samarasinghe and Kerstin Samarasinghe (Nee Johansson). Her paternal grandmother is Merle, daughter of Alfred Windsor Corea who married Dr. Peter Samarasinghe.

Yasmine was born in Colombo and received her education in Sri Lanka, Sweden and The United Kingdom.

She returned to Sri Lanka to set up her own company 'Creative Heritage', providing interior designing services.