Carole Schmitt was born in Solothurn, Switzerland, and did her acting training (Lecoq) and dance training (classical, modern) in Paris. She learned accent-free stage German with Christoph Hilger in Cologne.
Engagements in Germany at Schauspielhaus Cologne, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Schauspielhaus Bonn, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and in Switzerland at Theater Biel/Solothurn and Theater Basel.
She has worked under the direction of, among others: Siegfried Bühr, Hans Hollmann, Peter Fischer, Stefan Bachmann, Rüdiger Burbach, David Muchtar-Samurai, Christof Nel, Anne-Louise Sarks....
Further engagements led Carole Schmitt to the Komödie Wuppertal, to the Landestheater Rheinland-Pfalz, to the Kleine Theater Bonn-Bad Godesberg and to the Schlossfestspiele Neersen.
As the monkey Rotpeter, Carole Schmitt appeared on stage in "A Report for an Academy" during the Summer Blood Festival Cologne in the ensemble of the Cologne Literature Opera.
She has appeared in numerous film and television productions in diverse genres.
In addition to her own theater and dance productions, she also made a name for herself with acting and opera choreographies at prestigious houses.
For one of her dance theater productions, "Camille Claudel - in prison with loud madmen" Carole Schmitt received the Werkjahrpreis of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland in 1992.