Her breakout role was as Carli D'Amato in E4's sitcom The Inbetweeners and she later played Rebecca White in ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Colette Andrews in BBC drama, The Syndicate.

[1] She attended the BRIT School in Croydon, where she completed a BTEC course in acting and was a schoolmate of singers Katy B and Adele.

[3] In 2011, she appeared alongside Coronation Street star Craig Gazey in Jason Hall's play Third Floor.

[6][7] In 2014, she played Angela "Ange" in an in-the-round production of Abigail's Party at Leicester's Curve.

[8][9] In September 2016, it was announced that Head would be joining the cast of the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Rebecca White.