Descended from Russian-Austrian Jews, she is married to philosopher Hugo Barreto, with whom she has two daughters, the twins Alice and Helena,[1] and she is the sister of actress Rosane (Roxanne) Gofman.

With a theatrical training background, Gofman studied with Maria Clara Machado, and at Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras.

In Caminho das Índias, another soap opera on Brazilian TV, she made the audience laugh with her bumbling character Dayse.

[1] She participated in several soap operas and mini-series, among them Um Só Coração, produced by Rede Globo, where she played the painter Anita Malfatti.

Directed by Lessa, she acted in Everyday, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf, Ibsen's Casa de Bonecas, A Megera Domada, and Orlando.