Barbara was born in
Mar del Plata, 254 miles south of
Buenos Aires (
Argentina). While she was in high school, she studied at the Colegio Superior de Piano, in Mar del Plata, from which she graduated as a piano teacher. She started working at 17 years old. When she finished high school she moved to Buenos Aires, where she entered the
Cunill Cabanellas National School of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated with two degrees: a degree in
Dramatic Art and in
Pedagogy (theatre teacher). In 1998 she moved to
Mexico to work in
TV commercials. However, she did a casting for the broadcaster
Televisa and was hired to participate in
La familia P. Luche, a project by
Eugenio Derbez in which she worked for ten years until she finished the series. Since 2013 she worked for two years on the play
Por qué las mujeres aman a los pendejos ―Where she played a psychoanalyst named Inés Table―, which she took on tour throughout Mexico alongside the actor Juan Frese. In April 2014 she received an award in Monterrey for the 1,850 performances of the play
Claudio, ¿eres... eso?, about discrimination against the
LGBT community. In 2015 she worked with
Daniela Luján in
Blanca Nieves: El Musical, which was performed on Sundays at the Julio Prieto Theater. She also worked on the series
Burócratas Inc. and participated in the late-night talk show
Estrella2, both by Israel Jaitovich. She had her own theater show titled
The Excelsa show. She also participated in the play
Caperucita Roja with Javier Carranza. In 2023, she was part of the cast of the reality television program
La casa de los famosos México, from the
TelevisaUnivision conglomerate, finishing 9th place overall. ==Selected filmography==