[1][2] The daughter of Jacques Barbier and Marie Sinson, she was born in Orléans.
Barbier wrote in collaboration with the abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin.
That was followed by the tragedies Cornélie, mère des Gracques in 1703, Tomyris, Reine des MaiTagetes in 1707 and La Mort de César in 1709.
In 1719, Barbier wrote Le Faucon, a comedy in one act.
[1] She published a literary periodical Saisons littéraires which contained critical reviews of theatre.