[2] Kamino's first professional appearances were in 1977, as an extra in the CBC film Bethune, and in the Toronto Open Circle Theatre's production of The Primary English Class, by Israel Horovitz.

[4] Other stage plays in which Kamino has performed include Yellow Fever by R. A. Shiomi (1983); Bachelor Man for Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto (1987), in which she played Queenie, an aging prostitute with bound feet; the Dora-nominated Naomi's Road for Young People's Theatre (1992);[5] M Butterfly (1993); Mom, Dad, I'm Living with a White Girl by Marty Chan (1995);[6][7] Rashomon[8] and The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles at the 1996 Shaw Festival;[9][10] Dreams of Blonde and Blue by M. J. Kang, Theatre Passe Muraille (2002);[11] Suicide Notes (2004);[12] Nisei Blue by Mieko Ouchi (2011);[13] Ching Chong Chinaman by Lauren Yee (2013);[14][15] and Bystanders by David Levine (2015),[16] a solo performance.

[17] In an article previewing the 2004 Summerworks called "Artists to Watch", NOW magazine writers Jon Kaplan and Glenn Sumi noted: "Kamino's seen way too infrequently onstage, so her grounded, thoughtful approach to acting should heat up this look at life, language and limits".

and Street Legal; children’s shows Fred Penner's Place and Mr. Dressup; and the TV movies Befriend and Betray, Ultra and Hotel Babylon.

[1][19] Carter was commissioned by Sony Pictures Television for AXN in Spain, Latin America, Brazil, Japan, Central Europe and Russia, and by CTV for Canada.