[5][6] Kala made her television debut in 2011 when she joined the cast of Shameless on Channel 4 for its eighth series as Sita Desai.
She then made her professional stage debut in 2012 with roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Much Ado About Nothing in Stratford-upon-Avon, for which she received an Ian Charleson Award nomination, and Khadija is 18 at the Finborough Theatre, for which she was nominated for an Off West End Award.
Upon graduating from drama school in 2013, Kala made her feature film debut in the comedy Jadoo.
She also appeared in Farragut North at Southwark Playhouse and Djinns Of Eidgah at the Royal Court Theatre.
This was followed in 2022 by recurring roles in Man vs. Bee, also on Netflix, and the Channel 4 thriller The Undeclared War.