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Dara Rolins, also known as Darin[k]a Rolincová (born Darina Gambošová, December 7, 1972) is a Slovak recording artist and entrepreneur. Her music career began at the age of nine, after being cast in television musical Zázračný autobus (Miraculous Bus) in 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 exclusively TV films of varying quality, as well as managed to deliver a series of teen pop-orientated albums, such as Darinka (1986), Čo o mne vieš (1988) and Témeř ružový 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") at number seven on the Austrian Singles Chart, respectively at number fifteen in the fellow Germany. As she reached adulthood, her popularity had stalled in the nineties. Although, she made an attempt to replicate her local status abroad via 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 singer returned to homebase to resume her former course. Sen lásky (1997) 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 Šťastné a veselé (2009), released on Universal Music. On TV, she rebuilt her presence in 2007 for one season as a co-judge of reality show Slovensko hľadá SuperStar, respectively in 2009 series of Česko Slovenská Superstar; also based on UK Pop Idol. In 2011, she joined the cast of Let's Dance. Regardless of her recording achievements, Rolins posed topless in October 1999 for Czech and Slovak issue of a men's magazine as 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. At first, upon 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.While the following year, Rolins was accused of a negligent homicide caused by her traffic collision from July 10, 2010. The legal case initially dropped out due to a lack of probable cause was currently re-launched. Most recently, pop singer released on EMI new studio album entitled Stereo (2011),receiving mixed reviews for its self-evident nude cover. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.