Genevieve Salinas was born in Melbourne, Australia in 2008, where she lives with her parents and younger sister, Audrey Salinas (also an actress). Genevieve has a French, Spanish, Latin American and Indonesian heritage. She is a native speaker of English and proficient in Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia and is learning Spanish.

Genevieve started acting at the age of 8 and since then has been involved in various projects.