She is credited also with discovering Roberto Jacketti & The Scooters, a Dutch pop group that scored one big hit ("I Save the Day"),[3] and co-producing their first album in 1984.

[citation needed] After the split of the Dolly Dots in 1988, Groothuizen teamed up with Ruud Mulder, former guitarist of disco/funk-contemporaries Spargo, to record as Angela & the Rude.

In March 2008, Groothuizen released a Dutch-language solo album titled Melk en Honing (Milk and Honey).

[citation needed] Meanwhile, Groothuizen had begun a television career starting with an adaptation of Challenge Anneka for AVRO.

Groothuizen has since moved to commercial television as a panel judge on talent show programs, particularly in Dutch X Factor since 2008.