She credited her older brothers with having fostered her interest in the theatre, by taking her to plays and opera when she was a child.

Best known as a stage actress, she spent most of her career at the Teatrul de Revistă Constantin Tănase in Bucharest, where she became part of the company after first working in theatre at Arad.

Reţete culinare inedite; (ISBN 973-659-110-7)[5] Friends stated that she had suffered from serious depression in latter years, after undergoing open heart surgery in January 2015.

[6] In her final interview, she referred to experiences such as the deaths of her parents and her brother, and said that she had gone on acting despite personal mourning.

[7] Stamate died at Floreasca Hospital, Bucharest, aged 71, after being admitted four days previously, on 23 November, for tests after suffering a stroke.