 Khorolets was born in Kiev and she made her acting debut in "Partizanskaya iskra" (1957) at the age of eight, and graduated from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University in 1970.After graduating she served in the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, and from 1973 to 1990 she was an actress at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater.In 1988, she was named a People's Artist of Ukraine.