Mondrus was born in 1943 to a Jewish family which were living as World War II refugees in Dzhambul (now Taraz), Kazakh SSR.
Mondrus also performed on tours among the Latvian diaspora in the United States, Canada and Australia, as well as among Russian-speaking audiences in Israel.
In 1982, upon the birth of her son, Loren, she retired from the music industry and started her business career in shoe retail.
In 2001, she visited Russia in first time for 28 years and since then she participated in various Russian TV shows and programs such as "New Wave", "DOstoyanie REspubliki"[4] and others.
[5][6] Some documentary films about Mondrus were released, such as «Khvost komety» (Russian: Хвост кометы, lit.