She is the daughter of Czech actor Jiří Kodet, granddaughter of Czech Actress Jiřina Steimarová and comes from a large family of actors. She is the cousin of Actress Anna Polívková. Barbora is married to Violinist Pavel Šporcl. She has three daughters - Lily Marie (born 15 February 2001), Violeta (born 26 July 2007) and Sophie (born 24 August 2009).
