Bárbara de Oliveira Pinto was born in Portugal in 1982. She is an RTP journalist since 2003 specialized in cinema coverage. She was a Foundation member of the North Contemporary Ballet in Portugal (1995). In 2002 she graduated in Communications and Audio Visual Production Studies from London Guildhall University with First Class Honors. In 2001 she became a member of the EUR'OPERA company in Paris. In 2004 she finished her Master in Opera Studies from Sheffield University.

She was a diplomatic intern in the Permanent Portuguese Mission to the United Nations during the 63rd General Assembly (2008). In 2009 she became General Manager of Roadmedia - a TV production company currently responsible for Hollywood.pt a program that broadcasts weekly in RTPN. Since 2009, she is also an MPAA - Motion Picture Association of America – member.