An haife shi ne a Brooklyn a cikin shekara ta 1942. Tun lokacin da aka haifa, yarinya mai launin fata ya kasance maras kyau, kuma yana da ƙarfi. Ga ma'anar "ma" ya fi dacewa. Barbra ba kyakkyawa ba ce. Wannan gaskiyar ta kunyata kowa, amma ba ta ba. Na gode da muryar ban mamaki, ta samu nasara a cikin ɗakin makaranta, amma waƙoƙi sun kasance kawai ita ce ta hanyar rayuwa, kamar iska. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 14, Barbra ta so ya samu fiye da abin da ta ke da ita ta je ta. A lokacin ne ta fara shiga gidan wasan kwaikwayon, duk da haka, tare da bayyanarta, da manyan ayyuka da kuma kyakkyawar lamarin, ya zama kamar ba zai yiwu ba.
Wani mummunan Jewess ya yi duk abin da ke kanta. Yayinda yake yaro, ba ta sami goyon baya daga iyayenta ba. Mahaifiyarsa ta rasu da wuri, kuma mahaifiyar da ta sake yin aure, ta ba da karin lokaci ga ƙaraminta da mijinta fiye da Barbra. Rayuwarsu ta da wuya, rashin kuɗi ya juya ƙananan basira cikin alamar da ba a yarda ba. Duk da haka, Barbra ya gudanar da aikin hada-hadar aiki tare da ci gaba da karatun da nasara a wasanni masu raira. Ta kasance mai tsauri kuma ta kasance a shekara guda bayan kammala karatun ta a filin Broadway.
Gaskiyar cewa tun daga farkon ba ta da wata damar samun nasara fiye da aiki na dan wasan lardin, ya taimaka wajen amfani da duk wata tasirin don cimma burin. Ta amince da nasara kan duk wani matsala, warwarewar stereotypes. Haka ne, wani Bayahude, ko, daga iyalin matalauta, a, ba kyakkyawa bane, amma basirarta, ta zama ma'anar kwaikwayo. Tuni a shekarar 1963 ta fito da kundi na farko "The Barbra Streisand Album", wanda ya kawo Grammy Awards ta biyu.
A cikin wannan shekarar, masu sukar wasan kwaikwayo masu kula da wasan kwaikwayon sun lura cewa tana da kyau a wasan kwaikwayo na "Zan sami ku a cikin babban", ta ba ta wata kyauta. Wannan shi ne sanarwa wanda ya kawo sabon matsayin da shahara ga Barbra.
Shekaru masu zuwa sun kasance shekaru masu yawa. Babu wani mujallu mai ban sha'awa a Amurka wanda bai yi watsi da mawaki na farko ba. Tattaunawa tare da Barbra ya tafi "Time", "Life", "Cosmopolitan". Kuma a 1968, actress ya fito ne a talabijin, tare da yin fim a cikin 'yar fim din' 'Hollywood' mumzyukle. Wannan karon farko ya kawo ta "Oscar" da lambar kyautar zinariya, kuma masu sauraron suna da damar ganin kyan gani bayan bayyanar da ba a sani ba.
Lokacin da Barbre bai riga ya kai talatin ba, ta riga ta zama dan wasan da ya fi nasara a cikin shekarun nan, ta karbi Tony Award.
Rayuwar sirrin Barbra ba ta da sauki. Ta yi aure a shekara ta 1963 ga mai wasan kwaikwayon Eliot Gould. Wannan aure ya kawo mata rashin damuwa da kuma ɗan Jason kawai. Matar ta ba ta da damar da za ta ciyar da lokaci mai tsawo tare da ɗanta, duk ƙarfinsa ya shafe ta aiki. Don haka sai ya juya cewa Jason ya zama gay, kuma Barbra ya fara shiga rayuwarsa ne kawai shekaru 25 bayan haihuwa. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ta zama dan takara mai aiki a cikin motsi don hakkoki na gay.
Daga cikin 'yan marigayinsa sune mutane masu daraja, miliyoyi,' yan siyasa, da jita-jitar sun danganta dangantaka har ma da shugabanni. A karo na biyu, Barbra ya yanke shawarar aure ne kawai shekara 56 da haihuwa don daraktan da mai gabatarwa James Brolin.
Ayyukan sa na kirkiro ta kawo ta da dama daga cikin kyauta mafi girma. Kayan fina-finai tare da wannan haɓaka sun lalace don samun nasara, yawancin sassansa sun zama platinum da multi-platinum. Amma ban da wannan, Barbra kullum ya bar dakin don inganta rayuwar mutum. Ta kallon siffarta, ta ƙoƙari ta jagoranci rayuwa mai kyau kuma ta shiga cikin wasanni. Barbra Streisand yana cikin kungiyoyi masu yawa don yaki da cutar kanjamau, tashin hankali, taimakawa ba kawai tare da aiki ba, amma har da kudade da yawa ayyukan da nufin inganta yanayin rayuwar waɗanda suke bukata.
Yanzu tana da shekaru 65, ba ta bayyana a kan mataki ba, ba ya aiki a fina-finai kuma ba ya saki wasu CDs, amma masu sha'awar fasaha a duk faɗin duniya sun tabbata cewa ƙaunatacciyar da za ta nuna kanta da kuma dawowa zuwa mataki zai kasance wani babban nasara na wannan mace mai basira.