During a period in Australia in the 1990s, Vulakoro performed with Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes.
Vulakoro condemned the military coup that deposed the elected government of Laisenia Qarase on 5 December 2006.
After writing an unsympathetic letter to a local newspaper, Vulakoro found her Suva home raided and searched by members of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces on 26 December.
Vulakoro is reportedly the niece of war hero Sefania Sukanaivalu, the sole Fijian recipient of the Victoria Cross.
She appeared in episode 2 of the Martin Clunes miniseries Islands of the Pacific, which aired on January 20, 2022 and has been repeated since then.