She trained as an actress at the Drama Centre in London, and studied English Language and Literature at St John's College, Oxford University.
She appeared in the television drama Every Woman Knows a Secret and the TV series Judge John Deed.
Her early plays Open Ground (2005)[6] and Waiting for Romeo (2006)[7] were produced on the fringe in London and Edinburgh.
[15] From 2012 to 2016, she was an associate artist with the theatre company Headlong, where she worked on creating theatrical experiences using digital media.
Grochala lives in London, and is the course leader of the MA MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media Programme at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.