[2] Goldbacher grew up in Hampstead Garden Suburb in the London Borough of Barnet,[1][3] the daughter of an Italian Sephardic Jewish father, a fruit importer, and a Protestant mother, who was a native of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
[3] Goldbacher got her start directing commercials for The Observer Philips, Evian, Wella, Johnny Walker and Baileys.
[6] In 2001, she released her second film, Me Without You,[12] which starred Anna Friel and Michelle Williams and was written by Goldbacher and Laurence Coriat.
[16][17] In 2007, Goldbacher directed the television film adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's book Ballet Shoes for BBC One, which starred Emma Watson.
[22] In 2019, Goldbacher directed the four-episode Channel 4 mini-series, The Accident, which was created by and written by Jack Thorne, and is about a small Welsh community and how it copes with a devastating explosion.