She also took part in a work and study program at the T. Schreiber Studio, trained with the SITI Company and assisted Richard Foreman on the production of the show ZOMBOID!

Emoticon ;) was theatrically released by Indiecan Pictures at Cinema Village in NY and at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills[5] and it's currently available in DVD and on all the major digital platforms.

[9] Emoticon ;) was also part of the Terra di Siena Film Festival [it] in Italy in 2015 where it was nominated as Best Picture and was awarded the Critics Special Mention by Antonio and Pupi Avati .

In 2020, De Paolis directed the upcoming feature film, The Lost Girls, which she also wrote, produced and starred in alongside Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Iain Glen, and Louis Partridge.

[13] Despite mostly negative critical reception in the U.S., the film was appreciated in the UK where it was a “pick of the week” on the Times Radio x Culture Hour Show presented by Rebecca Towmey and Ayesha Hazarika.

[17] She played the role of Yvette in the world premiere of Charles Mee's Fire Island with 3-Legged Dog at the 3LD Art and Technology Center.