Prior to her entry into SNH48, Lin worked as a television director for Beijing TV Life Channel from August to December 2012, and as an intern editor for Board Games (Chinese: 桌游志) magazine.

[3] In January 2014, Lin took part in the "SNH48 1st Kouhaku Uta Gassen", and was announced as acting captain [4] In September, she starred in a play based on the comic One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes.

In 2016, Lin made her acting debut in the historical comedy drama Legend of Ace.

[11][12] In 2018, Lin took on her first lead role in the campus web drama Lost Control.

[13] The same year, she was cast in the historical romantic film The Story of Turandot directed by Zheng Xiaolong,[12] and youth music drama So Young.