Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám.

Her breakthrough was the title role in the 1973 film Three Wishes for Cinderella, which is considered a Christmas film classic in many parts of Europe.

In the 1970s and 1980s, she played leading roles in many fairy-tale films.

Her later films include the Oscar-winning Kolya (1996), for which she received the Czech Lion Award for Best Actress in a film in 1996.

In 2008 she received the prize Hvězda mého srdce (Star of My Heart), awarded by Czech Television.