Education
Academy of Performing Arts.
Academy of Performing Arts.
After graduating from the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she worked in the J. K. Tyl Theatre, Plzeň, later in the Prague City Theatre (cs:Městská divadla pražská). Of her numerous film roles, one of the best known one is that of a carnivorous plant from the 1977 black comedy Dinner for Adele. (Karolina is a stage actress as well)
In her later years her struggle with weight attracted media attention, and in 2011 she was the host of the television show Jste to, co jíte ("You are what You Eat" (the Czechoslovakian title is a pun, akin to "it/eat")).
Before that for 7 years she was a co-host of the television show about food, Pochoutky ("Delicacies").