# Dara Rolins

Dara Rolins (born Darina Gombošová on 7 December 1972) is a Slovak recording artist and entrepreneur. Her music career began at the age of nine, after being cast in the television musical Zázračný autobus (1981). The early role established a formula for her regular assignments as a child singer, and resulted in recording her debut album Keby som bola princezná Arabela (1983) on OPUS Records. By her late teens, Rolins appeared in a number of made-for-TV films of varying quality, as well as managing to deliver a series of teen pop-orientated albums, such as Darinka (1986), Čo o mne vieš (1988) and soundtrack Téměř růžový příběh (1990), all released by Supraphon. Along with Karel Gott, she experienced a one-off success in the German-speaking region in 1986, peaking with their duet "Fang das Licht" ("Catch the Light") (the German version of their Czech duet "Zvonky štěstí") at number seven on the Austrian Singles Chart, and number fifteen in Germany.
As she reached adulthood, her popularity had stalled in the nineties. However, she made an attempt to replicate her local status abroad via the English set What You See Is What You Get (1996). The work distributed through a subsidiary of BMG, however, failed to attract the international market and she returned to homebase to resume her former course. Sen lásky (1997), which served as her initial comeback release featuring cover versions of various composers of classical era, produced a ZAI Awards-nomination within Slovak outputs. Following that, she continued in publishing dance material, namely What's My Name (2002) and D1 (2005); both on Epic. Her additional recordings included the best-of compilation 1983–1998 (2005) on Bonton, remix collection D2: Remixy (2008) by Epic and live recording of christmas album Šťastné a veselé (2009), released on Universal. On TV, she rebuilt her presence in 2007 for one season as a co-judge of reality show Slovensko hľadá SuperStar, and in the 2009 series of Česko Slovenská Superstar, also based on United Kingdom Pop Idol. She later joined the cast of Let's Dance (2011) and X Factor (2014).
Besides her recording achievements, Rolins posed topless in October 1999 for the Czech and Slovak issues of a men's magazine as a Playboy cover girl. She also upgraded her physical assets such as breasts prior to undergoing plastic surgery. The national press speculated about a rhinoplasty as well. In the new millennium, she has become the subject of more scrutiny. First, there was a 2009 revelation regarding her factual surname printed by Plus 7 dní; for over thirty years since her first public performance, she referred to herself exclusively under an adopted name. The following year, Rolins was accused of a negligent homicide caused by her 10 July 2010 traffic collision. The legal case, initially dropped due to a lack of probable cause, was later re-launched. In 2011, the pop singer released a new studio album on EMI entitled Stereo (2011). Receiving mixed reviews, the work featured an explicit, almost nude cover. Most recently, she released album ETC without a label.

## Biography
### Early years

Dara Rolins, or Darina Rolincová, was born Darina Gambošová on 7 December 1972 in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia. She is the younger daughter of Zlatica Rolincová (1945) and Dušan Gamboš (1948), parents of Slovak ancestry. She was raised with her half-sister Jana Labasová (1964), better identified as Jana Hádlová-Rolincová per marriage with Czech record producer Daniel Hádl. When she was four years old, Rolincová provisionally appeared in front of television cameras on the show Matelko, produced by STV. The regular program that starred a hand puppet named Drobček (Petit) was crafted for children. In 1978, encouraged by winning the talent contest Hledáme mladé talenty (Young Talents Wanted), she started to participate in local musical ensembles such as the Children's Choir of Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava. Later on, she had piano lessons.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| Cinema ||||
| 1984 | Falošný princ | voice role only | Dušan Rapoš |
| 1986 | Není sirotek jako sirotek | voice role only | Stanislav Strnad |
| 1987 | Pehavý Max a strašidlá (Note B6) | voice role only | Juraj Jakubisko |
| 1990 | Takmer ružový príbeh | Darinka/Ruženka | Juraj Jakubisko |
| 1994 | Thumbelina: O Malence | voice role only |
| 2006 | Sin City – město hříchu | voice role only |
| 2011 | V peřině | Teacher | F. A. Brabec |
| Television ||||
| 1982 | Zázračný autobus | Janitor's daughter | Georgis Skalenakis |
| 1982 | Labula | Girl | Karol Spišák |
| 1983 | Monika a pes | Girl | Anton Majerčík |
| 1983 | Tam je hviezda Sírius (TV-series) | Ľubka | Cyril Králik |
| 1984 | Správne kroky | Schoolgirl |
| 1985 | Cengá do triedy | Schoolgirl |
| 1986 | Do-re-mi | Herself | Martin Hoffmeister |
| 1987 | Teta (TV series) | voice role only | Juraj Jakubisko |
| 1988 | Láska na inzerát | | Eduard Sedlář |
| 1991 | Snehulienka a sedem pretekárov | voice role only | Libor Vaculík |
| 2010 | Dokonalý svět | Herself | Vít Karas |
| Documentaries ||||
| 1988 | Čo o mne vieš | Herself |
| 1999 | František Tugendlieb: Všetko je v nás | Herself | Alena Čermáková |
| 2004 | Ženy pro měny | Herself | Erika Hníková |
| 2008 | Laci Strike: Cesta tanečníka | Herself |
| Herself ||||
| 2007 | Slovensko hľadá SuperStar (Season 3) | Judge | Various |
| 2009 | Česko Slovenská Superstar (Season 1) | Judge | Various |
| 2011 | Let's Dance (Season 5) | Judge | Various |
| 2011 | Modré z neba | Herself | Various |
| Talk shows ||||
| 2003 | Krásný ztráty | Herself | Tereza Kopáčová |
| 2005 | Uvolněte se, prosím | Herself | Vojtěch Nouzák |
| 2009 | Na streche | Herself | Peter Baláž |
| 2011 | AdelaShow | Herself | Various |

### Notes

* A ^ Denotes a televised musical theatre.