She was best known for her long-term role as Krystyna Lubicz in the Polish soap opera Klan (1997–2012).

She was born in Warsaw and graduated from XXXIX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im.

[1] Kotulanka's married actor Jacek Sas Uhrynowski [pl] whom she met at PWST whilst they were both students there.

[2] She emigrated to Canada in 1989, following her husband's acting career, [2] but she returned to Poland 2 years later and the couple separated.

[2] Kotulanka struggled with alcoholism since her return from Canada, causing her to end her career in 2013.