Tovilo emigrated to Germany at the age of twelve as the daughter of Croatian workers and lived first in Flörsheim am Main near Frankfurt am Main and later in Munich. After graduating from high school, Tovilo studied communication science and political science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and later also dubbing, moderation, singing and acting at the Deutsche POP Academy in Munich. In 2008 she was a European activist for the animal rights organization PETA and protested against bullfighting in front of the Spanish embassy in Berlin that same year. Tovilo describes American political and cultural history as her areas of expertise. Tovilo speaks Croatian, German, English and Italian.

Tovilo appeared in German and Austrian television entertainment programs such as in the tabloids taff by Pro Sieben (2004-2006, 2008-2011) on the Niels Ruf Show (2008) and Das Sat.1- Magazine (2008) of the VOX - Program on reality TV The Perfect Celebrity Dinner (2009, 2011) and in the 4-star PINK magazine in the section Die Promicamper (2010).

After small guest roles in German films, Davorka Tovilo was in the Hollywood film War Inc. - You order the war: We deliver 2008 in a short shot as John Cusack's partner. Tovilo was given an additional role in the film biography of Uwe Boll, Max Schmeling - Eine deutsche Legende (2010).