[1] Starting at four months old, she lived in São João da Madeira, her mother's home town, until they moved to Lisbon when Bárbara was eight.

After going through CENJOR, Guimarães had her start as a reporter with TVI and soon would move on to the information desk, sharing the post with Artur Albarran and Sofia Carvalho in presenting the magazine of this station.

As she began to build up her career as a journalist, she was hired by SIC, not to the information desk at the station in Carnaxide, but as an entertainment presenter.

She would begin to garner great popularity in this role, with her presenting contests to a large audience in Portugal, such as Chuva de Estrelas and Furor, which would be followed by the social magazine Mundo Vip.

[4] Guimarães would not leave behind, however, being a presenter in formats linked to the arts or the releasing of specials, with her conceiving with maestro António Victorino de Almeida, while still at SIC, the talk show Duetos Imprevistos.

While part of SIC, she continued to be the main presenter of their broadcasts of the Golden Globes and the Campeonato da Língua Portuguesa.

Along with the complaint made on 17 October with the DIAP of Lisbon, she hired private security to prevent any additional attacks.

[18] In January 2014, the Criminal Investigation Court of Lisbon prohibited Carrilho from contacting his ex-wife, or from being in close proximity or entering her residence.

[19] An instructive decision made by the Criminal Investigation Court confirmed that there were indications that Guimarães had committed domestic violence against Carrilho.