Reed played Sofia Falcone in the fourth season of Gotham (2017–2018) and the lead role of Abby Arcane in the series Swamp Thing (2019).

[4] Reed was raised in a conservative Catholic family, though she has also stated that she attended a Baptist church growing up and did not enjoy it.

She was an active member of her local community theatre and starred in the musicals Annie, Fiddler on the Roof and Grease.

"They were very strict about the methods of acting, very particular about how we do things and I started questioning whether or not it was the right place for me, and whether or not [one] truly needed a degree to be an artist."

Before the third season of the series, Reed wanted to move on from the show, do different things and explore other areas of film creatively.

Reed left the show in March 2014 in the form of Allison Argent's death at the end of the third season.

[17] On September 6, 2018, it was reported that Reed had been cast in the lead of the DC Universe television series Swamp Thing.

She portrayed Abby Arcane, a smart and caring CDC doctor who returns to her hometown in Louisiana and investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus but soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets.