Caroline graduated with a BA majoring in Art History from Canterbury, before attending Auckland's Theatre Corporate Professional Drama School. She established and ran the Watershed Theatre, Auckland, where she produced over 20 professional theatre productions. She has been a Trustee for Festival of Colour (Southern Lakes Art Festival); Happiness House (supporting Queenstown families in need); the Todd Foundation (principally supporting emerging artists with international study opportunities) and Special Olympics Queenstown Lakes.

Caroline lives with her husband, Henry van Asch, and four young children in Queenstown where she continues to produce theatre and film.