She has appeared in television series such as The Walking Dead, General Hospital, Graceland, and NCIS.
[2] Payton got her start in the feature film Flight of Fury (2007), playing the female lead role of CIA agent Jessica opposite Steven Seagal.
In 2010, Payton transitioned from New York to Los Angeles where she booked the role of Janet Tanner in the BBC American reboot of Torchwood.
[4] In 2014, she appeared as the cheerleading coach who takes down a prominent campaign in The Runner starring Nicolas Cage.
[5] In 2016, she received the Los Angeles Pioneer Woman Award for her work providing arts programs to at-risk youth.