She is best known for her performance as Maria in the Bulgarian film classic The Goat Horn (1972), for which she received broad critical acclaim.

Paskaleva is also known for her roles in the films The End of the Song (1971), Villa Zone (1975), Matriarchy (1977), Elegy (1982), Eve on the Third Floor (1987) as well as her numerous notable appearances on the stages of the Sofia Municipal Theatre and the Satirical Theatre "Aleko Konstantinov".

In 1967, she graduated from The National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts where Metodi Andonov taught her acting.

In 1985, Paskaleva became part of the famous Satirical Theatre "Aleko Konstantinov" in Sofia.

Her film debut was in the movie Monday Morning (1966), which was stopped by the communist authority and not released until 1988.