In 2017, Ilonzeh played Kidada Jones in the biographical drama film All Eyez on Me and starred in the thriller 'Til Death Do Us Part.
[6] Ilonzeh had a recurring role in the CW prime time soap opera Melrose Place from 2009 to 2010, and in 2010 guest starred in three episodes of Entourage.
[8] Later that year, she began appearing in a recurring role in the ABC Family drama series Switched at Birth.
[9] Ilonzeh also guest starred in the second season of CW's Beauty & the Beast,[10] and had a recurring role on Lifetime comedy-drama Drop Dead Diva in 2013.
In 2017, Ilonzeh had her first major film role, playing Kidada Jones in the biographical drama All Eyez on Me, about hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur.
In 2018, Ilonzeh appeared in the action thriller Peppermint,[14] and was cast in a lead role on the ABC drama pilot Staties,[15] which was not picked up to the series.