[3] In 2000, she played the sister of Nasiha, an attractive young woman in a relationship with a married man and a patient suffering from congenital heart disease in Abdul Faththaah's television drama series Dhoapatta.

[5] Two years later, she played the role of Nahidha, a widow who starts an extra-marital affair with a womanizer in Abdul Faththaah's directorial film debut, Himeyn Dhuniye (2000) which received positive reviews from critics.

[6] The same year, she starred opposite Reeko Moosa Manik in the Easa Shareef-directed romantic horror film 2000 Vana Ufan Dhuvas (2000), in which she portrays the role of a helpless pregnant wife who discovers her husband having an affair with a younger and much prettier woman.

[4] The following year, she again collaborated with the team of Vairoalhi Ahves Sirrun for Arifa Ibrahim's another romantic television drama series, Vaguthu Faaithu Nuvanees (2006) which consists of fifty episodes.

[4] In 2009, Shakeela collaborated with Amjad Ibrahim for his horror film Baaraige Fas, cast alongside Mariyam Nisha, Hussain Sobah, Amira Ismail, Ali Shameel and Ahmed Azmeel.

[14] In 2011, Shakeela played the role of Zahira, a religious mother trying to save her son and her failing marriage, in the Moomin Fuad-directed crime tragedy drama Loodhifa.

[15] It was followed by Amjad Ibrahim's suspense thriller film Hafaraaiy where Shakeela starred alongside Ali Shameel, Amira Ismail, Yoosuf Shafeeu and Fathimath Fareela, which was a critical and commercial failure.

[17] Based on a real incident, the film narrates a story of a cannibal woman who is addicted to eating human flesh, how she victimised the inhabitants with her face covered in a veil.

[20] She next starred in Abdul Faththaah's romantic drama Aadheys (2014), alongside Niuma Mohamed, Hussain Sobah, Amira Ismail, Fathimath Azifa, Moosa Zakariyya and Ali Azim.

[37] Upon release, the film met with positive response from critics, specifically praising the screenplay for toning down its melodrama and breaking from the stereotypes of its genre, and it was a commercial success.

[39] The series consisting of sixty episodes and streamed through the digital platform Baiskoafu, centers around a happy and radiant family which breaks into despairing pieces after a tragic incident that led to an unaccountable loss.

[45] Starring opposite Mohamed, Yoosuf Shafeeu and Ahmed Asim, the film received majorly positive reviews from critics; Aishath Maaha of Dho?

[47] Later during the year, the first Maldivian anthology film was released which featured her as a female perpetrator of sexual abuse in the segment directed by Abdul Faththaah, titled Dharifiri .