She was working as a background dancer on the sets of a Bollywood film in Mumbai when she was scouted by a modelling agency bringing in a five-year contract with Lakme, India's highest top end cosmetic company as its brand ambassador.

[citation needed] In April 2015, a British-Asian film featuring her, Amar Akbar & Tony, was released in the United Kingdom.

[3] In October 2015, Maghera joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks as Neeta Kaur.

[5] On 31 March 2021, she uploaded a post on Instagram stating that she had legally changed her forename from Amrit to Amy.

Her name change was not to turn her back on any culture, as she also stated in the post that she is maintaining her mother's Indian surname Maghera.