In 1998, she won a Young Artist Award for Best Ensemble for her lead role in the Showtime original movie The Sweetest Gift.

Fairlie has made guest appearances on TV series like Heartland, Murdoch Mysteries, The Eleventh Hour, and Goosebumps.

Her guest-starring role on the series Flashpoint was noted by Kate Taylor of The Globe and Mail as "a chillingly convincing performance as a teenage bully".

[citation needed] The series was produced by Degrassi company Epitome Pictures for CTV and The N. Fairlie starred in the made for television film Gracie's Choice opposite Kristen Bell, Anne Heche, and Diane Ladd.

"[7] In 2011, Fairlie appears in a cameo in the indie comedy Moonpoint, and in the Julia Roberts produced film Jesus Henry Christ.