She was the first Westerner to achieve solo status with the Perm State Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Russia, where she danced for 16 years.
[4] Loughman appeared on the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of The Podge and Rodge Show, alongside the celebrity solicitor Gerald Kean on 11 February 2007.
On 15 February 2007, she appeared on youth chat programme, The Cafe, alongside celebrity weatherman Dáithí Ó Sé and Luan Parle.
[5] On 17 February 2007, Loughman appeared on the primetime chat show, Tubridy Tonight, alongside Bill O'Herlihy, Fionnula Flanagan and The Waterboys.
[8] In 2014 Loughman appeared in the Channel 4 series Big Ballet with Wayne Sleep, as she worked with a troupe of plus-size amateur dancers to realise their dream of dancing Swan Lake.
Loughman has co-written a book, The Irish Ballerina, with County Meath-based author, Jean Harrington, who helped the former Dublin prostitute Martina Keogh write her story in Survivor.