[1] After landing a recurring role in the television series Richmond Hill while still in school, Carter was accepted into Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, (NIDA), from which she graduated in 1993.
[4] Carter played Nikki Spencer in the soap opera Richmond Hill before it was cancelled in June 1988.
In 2008, she played the wife of the notorious Australian underworld figure Alphonse Gangitano in the first series of Underbelly.
Carter has had guest roles in G.P., Heartland, Murder Call, Flipper, BeastMaster, The Lost World, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers, City Homicide, All Saints, Satisfaction, House Husbands, Offspring.
[10] She wrote a book for Currency Press called "Racing Against Time", a handbook/guide for actors working in film and television.