Dara Rolins

Dara Rolins, also known as Darin[k]a Rolincova (born Darina Gambosova, December 7, 1972) is a Slovak recording artist and entrepreneur. Her music career began at the age of nine, after being cast in the television musical Zazracny 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 princezna 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), Co o mne vies (1988) and soundtrack Temer ruzovy pribeh (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 stesti") at number seven on the Austrian Singles Chart, and number fifteen in Germany.

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• Early years
• Discography
• Filmography
• Major awards
• Music polls
• Car accident
• Songs
• References

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 lasky (1997), which served as her initial comeback release featuring cover versions, produced a ZAI Awards-nomination within Slovak outputs. Following that, she continued in publishing other dance material, namely What's My Name (2002) and D1 (2005); both on Epic Records. Her additional recordings included best-of compilation 1983–1998 (2005) on Bonton Music, remix collection D2: Remixy (2008) by Epic and Christmas album Stastne a vesele (2009), released on Universal Music. On TV, she rebuilt her presence in 2007 for one season as a co-judge of reality show Slovensko hlada SuperStar, and in the 2009 series of Cesko Slovenska 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 issue 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 dni; 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 July 10, 2010 traffic collision. The legal case, initially dropped due to a lack of probable cause, was later re-launched. Most recently, pop singer released a new studio album on EMI entitled Stereo (2011). Receiving mixed reviews, the work featured an explicit, almost nude cover.