Thorpe's first professional role was at the Canyon Lake Theatre as Wendy in Peter Pan.
[1] Thorpe performed at the Pacific Light Opera and local community theaters in Orange County.
[citation needed] Thorpe was first discovered in a workshop production of Assassins, leading to a role in the 2000 film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
That same year, Thorpe joined the cast of the daily soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Rianna Miner.
Thorpe stepped back from screen acting after two appearances in 2007, as Linda Murphy in the independent film The Man from Earth and as Kyla Bradley in Nightmare City 2035.