Caroline is based in Melbourne, Australia, and has been working professionally as a theatre, television, film and voice actress for over thirty years. She has worked with many companies around Australia including the Malthouse, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Back to Back Theatre, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Chamber Made Opera, MKA, Finucane and Smith, HeLD Productions, Hildegard, Playbox and La Mama; and also has a strong reputation for her work in one-woman shows. Caroline has received four Green Room Awards for her work in the theatre, and is currently a proud ensemble member of the Red Stitch Actors Theatre.

Caroline has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, is a well-known, and awarded, narrator of talking books, and has written a number of pieces for the theatre as well as a novella.

In 2022 Caroline was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the performing arts.