[4][5] Pavlovich was born in Yugoslavia and raised in Popovi, a village in the Bijeljina municipality of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[9][6][8] Starting in 1987, Pavlovich pursued professional acting in Hollywood, taking on roles in television dramas, sitcoms, and films.
She has appeared in over 60 episodes of various television series, where her roles have included characters of Russian, Romanian, Iraqi, and Czech backgrounds.
After her work on the Paramount Studios show Wings (TV series) Disney/NBC Studios cast her in a regular role in the series Pride and Joy[10][11] Pavlovich also worked with director Blake Edwards on the feature film Son of the Pink Panther, and appeared in the films The Naked Truth and Space Warriors.
[4][26] In 2020, the court granted both parties equal custody of their daughter but named Pavlovich primary parent with all sole decision making rights.
[4] A 911 call recorded during this period reveals Pavlovich urgently seeking information about the plane's passengers and trying to establish contact with the child's father.