[1] Through her hobby, Staehly came to work-routed RTL soap opera Unter uns, when the casting agency for the series was looking for a talented actress.
From 2007 to 2015, she played in the ZDF series Die Rosenheim-Cops with the role of financial controller Patrizia Ortmann.
In January 2012, she played in the ZDF series Die Bergretter in the episode "Gold Rush" the highly pregnant Sophie Zeidler.
From September 2016, Staehly was seen as the new main commissioner Anna Maiwald in the ZDF series Cologne P.D., succeeding Christina Plate.
Staehly made her film debut in the German comedy Special Escort [de] (2007) alongside of Florian Lukas and Sebastian Bezzel.