She starred as Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.

Later she was cast as her aunt CeCe Winans in the Lifetime television biographical film Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett.

The series also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim Hawthorne.

The following year, Winans played the leading role in the Lifetime Christmas film, Color of Love.

[13] In 2023, she starred in the romantic drama film The Final Say for BET+, and had a leading role in the third season of Allblk thriller anthology series, Terror Lake Drive.