In summer 1997, Lynea's mother was accepted into the Performing Arts programme at Middlesex University and the two moved to London, followed soon after by her stepfather.
[3] Lynea's early stage work included roles in productions of The Bodyguard, Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical, the Olivier Award winning Jesus Christ Superstar, and In the Heights as well as the role of Pilar in a 2016 production of Legally Blonde at The Curve in Leicester.
[5] She then landed roles in Ode to Leeds at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties.
[6][7] She landed the starring role of Anna of Cleves in the original cast of Six at the Arts Theatre and recording on the 2018 SIX Studio album that has recently sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.
In 2021, she joined the cast for series 24 of the long-running BBC crime drama Silent Witness as pathologist Simone Tyler.