She is known for films that include Sous la clarté de la lune, Borders (Frontières ), Desrances, and Sira, winner of FESPACO's Étalon d'argent de Yennenga in 2023 and Burkina Faso's entry in the Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards.

After traveling back and forth between Los Angeles and her home country from 2005 to 2008, she eventually returned to live full-time in Burkina Faso in 2008.

[9] In 2008, she directed her first television project, the Burkinabe drama series Le testament, another collaboration with Ouédraogo.

In 2013 she produced, directed and co-wrote Moi Zaphira a black and white film about a young Burkinabe mother who goes against the traditions of her community to find a better life for her daughter.

In 2017 Traoré wrote and directed Borders (Frontières ), a film about a group of women traveling across West Africa who endure corruption and sexual assault.

[12][13]In Benin, the film won the top prize, the Grand Prix Buste d'or Paulin Soumanou Vieyra in 2019 at the Rencontres cinématographiques et numériques de Cotonou (Recico).