Known for her roles in Priyotoma and Mujib: The Making of a Nation, where she portrayed Khaleda Zia, the former prime minister of Bangladesh.
[4][5] In 2020, she acted as Colonel Hamid's wife in the Ashraf Shishir's 570, revolves around the 36 hours that followed the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and his family, the founding father and the first president of Bangladesh.
[17] Then she appeared in Anonno Mamun's Bangladesh Liberation War film Radio, which is about the historic 7 March Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
[18][19] In mid-2023, she collaborate with Shakib Khan for the first time, played as his sister-in-law in the Himel Ashraf's tragic romance Priyotoma.
[29][30][31] Elina Shammi started her media career through a live programme titled Dur Path on Desh TV.