Carter quickly landed her first guest appearance in the series Wolf Lake (2001) and followed that up with a turn in Dark Angel (2000). She then went on to guest in the series Undeclared (2001).

Making the leap to the big screen, Carter was cast in the psychological thriller Mindstorm (2001) starring Eric Roberts, Michael Ironside, and Antonio Sabato Jr. She portrayed the kidnapped daughter of a senator whose abduction ultimately unravels her dark hidden life. Carter can also be seen in the film Final Destination 2 (2003), the sequel to the hit film Final Destination (2000), but it is only a few scenes before she is one of the first people to be killed.

Carter got her first main TV role in Black Sash where she played Allie Bennett who is a major character in the series. She used her background of dancing for one of the episodes and was taught martial arts for the series, which would later help for her performance in DOA: Dead or Alive. Black Sash filmed eight episodes, but the seventh and eight episode never aired due to the show being cancelled after its sixth episode.

Her breakthrough role was appearing in three episodes of Smallville (one in Season 3 and two in Season 4) as Alicia Baker who had the ability to teleport herself or other things/people. Her character had a romantic relationship with Clark Kent, as portrayed by Tom Welling. The character was killed at the end of the third episode she appeared in. Though her character was in only three episodes, she made a major impact on viewers and played a central part in the series, as she revealed Clark's powers to character Chloe.

Carter then acquired her first big film DOA: Dead or Alive as Helena Douglas, the daughter of the late Fame Douglas and is a fighter who enters the DOA Tournament. The character has a relationship with a man called Weatherby. Her most recent role is as Zelda Sparks in Barstool Words, where she is one of the three main characters working alongside Colm Feore & Vincent Kartheiser.

She portrays Madeline Poe in Shark alongside James Woods. Her character is a rookie prosecutor who decides to learn from Sebastian Stark (James Woods). (wikipedia.org)