[3] After attaining a Certificate IV in Aboriginal Theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Broome, Pigram was accepted into the three-year diploma course at WAAPA, and in 2004 moved to Perth to pursue further studies in acting.
[2] Pigram played Debbie in the short film Broken Bonds, directed by Ashley Sillifant in the first of the ABC's Deadly Yarns anthology series.
The other participants were Kodie Bedford, Debbie Carmody, Kelli Cross, Karla Hart, Chantelle Murray, Jub Clerc, and Mitch Torres.
[10][4] Other screen appearances include as Mrs Marker in an episode of The Circuit (2009);[4] a guest role as Maggie in The Heights (2019);[2][4] Kitty in Firebite; (2021)[11][4] and a number of short films.
[16][17] The play was based on an historic Aboriginal land rights protest, and featured poems by Edwin Lee Mulligan and songs by singer-songwriters Ngaiire and Nick Cave,[18] which were sung by Pigram.