She portrayed Sadie Rose in the Netflix western TV series Godless and Amber McCarden in the film Bad Education, opposite Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney.

In 2017, Carter starred as Sadie Rose in the Netflix western TV series Godless, alongside Michelle Dockery, Merritt Wever, and Jeff Daniels.

[5] The same year, she teamed up with Merritt Wever again to play Squeaky Fromme in the Mary Harron-directed Charles Manson biographical drama film Charlie Says alongside Hannah Murray and Matt Smith.

[6] In 2019, she starred as Amber McCarden in the film Bad Education, opposite Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney.

[7] Carter also portrayed Lorna Blackledge, the daughter-in-law of a retired sheriff (Kevin Costner) and his wife (Diane Lane) in Universal Pictures' 2020 film Let Him Go.