She was born 7 October 1801 in Bruntál to parents who were engaged in the theatrical business, Franz Josef Krones (1766–1839) and his wife Anna Theresia Walter (* 1770).

After several provincial tours she appeared at the Leopoldstädter Theater in Vienna, where she played with Ferdinand Raimund, who greatly influenced her technique.

In 1821, she made her debut in the play Das lustige Trauerspiel Evakathel und Prinz Schnudi oder die Belagerung von Ypsilon by Philipp Hafner.

Krones died 28 December 1830 in Vienna after a short but serious illness of stomach, aged only 29.

She was buried at the St. Marx Cemetery, and in 1930 was exhumed and reburied in an honorary grave in the Vienna Zentralfriedhof.