Baumgartner was born in 1982 in Munich and grew up in the city.[1][2] When she was in the final year of high school, she decided to embark on a career in broadcasting in television.[3] Following graduation from high school,[4] Baumgartner did a two-year internship at a Munich television production company.[2][3] She made reports for magazines, documentaries and corporate videos for industrial clients films.[3][4]
Between 2002 and 2007, she was a freelance reporter and television presenter for multiple television stations. These stations included ARD, DMAX, Kabel eins, ProSieben, RTL Zwei, Sat.1 and VOX.[4][2] In 2008, Baumgartner received a job offer to work at the German pay-TV channel Motorvision TV.[2] She became a reporter and journalist for the channel on various programmes about the Daytona 500, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the Nürburgring 24 Hours and the International Motor Show Germany in Frankfurt.[1] Furthermore, Baumgartner read the news on the Motorvision TV News bulletin and presented the Mission Mobility and Supercars programmes.[2] She wanted a change and joined Sky Deutschland in 2011, who were employing editorial staff, presenters and reporters.[3] Baumgartner a founder member of the editorial team for the sport news channel Sky Sport News HD.[1][4] At first, she was the presenter of hourly news bulletins on the channel.[2]
She began reporting on Formula One races on site from the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix.[5] Baumgartner also began covering the support Porsche Supercup races that are held inbetween Formula One sessions,[2] and has reported on the UEFA Champions League and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1][6] In 2019, after Sky regained the broadcast rights to Formula One in Germany, she became the channel's pit lane reporter.[5][7] Baumgartner became a co-presenter of Sky Deutschland's coverage of MotoGP from the 2024 season onwards.[8]