[6][7][8] She got her breakthrough by her performance in the drama serial Kothao Keu Nei.

Later she acted in Megh Kalo with Mahfuz Ahmed, directed by Abdus Sattar.

She acted in a play based on the movie Jibon Theke Neya by Zahir Raihan.

[9] Zeenat was also a dance artist who won Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy award in 2008.

[9] Barkatullah married Intekhab Dinar, another Bangladeshi actor, on April 14, 2013.