[5][6] As an aspiring actress, Doute began working as a server at Lisa Vanderpump's restaurant SUR in West Hollywood, California.
There, she was cast as an original series regular on Bravo TV's Vanderpump Rules, a spin-off of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
[8] Bravo announced in March 2023, that Doute would return to Vanderpump Rules during season 10 as fans watch the "Scandoval" love triangle play out on their screens.
[10] The show follows fan favorite reality television personalities going through a series of mental, physical, and social challenges with a chance to win a cash prize.
[12] On June 28, 2023, Variety reported that a Vanderpump Rules spin-off starring Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright and Doute was in early development at Bravo.
[14] On October 21, 2019, it was announced that Doute's first book, He's Making You Crazy, a humorous autobiographical guide to relationships, would be published by Chicago Review Press on June 2, 2020.
Doute relaunched James Mae in 2019 with business partner Magen Mattox, maintaining a vintage rock aesthetic and expanding the product line.