Barlow is probably best known for portraying Flame in the 1993 drama series Key West which also featured regulars Denise Crosby, Brian Thompson, Leland Crooke, and Geno Silva. Throughout the 1980s she had featured and guest roles in episodes of The Facts of Life (1983, with Lee Arnone and Roger Perry), Dallas (1984, with Susan Howard, Tricia O'Neil, and Bill Quinn), The Jeffersons (1985), Sledge Hammer (1986, with Erik Cord), 9 to 5 (1987), and thirtysomething (1988, with Danitza Kingsley and John Durbin). She also performed stunts in the 1985 crime thriller The Boys Next Door, along with Scott Alan Cook and Debby Lynn Ross, and doubled actress Michelle Pfeiffer in some heavy moves in the fantasy sequel Batman Returns in 1992.