Later, she appeared in the 2006 film Silent Hill,[5][6] an adaptation of the well-known video game, and had a supporting role in Good Luck Chuck for Lions Gate Entertainment.

[7] In 2006, she was cast opposite Renée Zellweger in the horror movie Case 39 as Lillith Sullivan, which was released in 2009; production was delayed after a fire destroyed the film set in October 2006.

[13][14] In 2012, Ferland appeared in the drama Mighty Fine,[15][16][17] the horror film The Tall Man,[18] Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods,[19] and had her first starring role in a comedy, in Home Alone: The Holiday Heist.

[21][22] She also had a leading voice role in the stop-motion animated film ParaNorman,[23] which earned an Academy Award nomination.

[30] In 2016 she appeared in the Lifetime television movie My Daughter's Disgrace,[31][32][33] and provided the narration for the audio book Wonder Women, written by Sam Maggs.

On the role, she stated "On my latest show Dark Matter people teased me because I was the youngest in the cast but I had been acting the longest.’[4] She received a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series in 2016.