She has appeared in Born Equal, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Goldplated, Death Comes to Pemberley, Donkey Punch and StreetDance 3D.

[1] Burley's acting career began in 2005 when she appeared as Michelle in the Dominic Savage film Love + Hate.

Directed and written by Savage again, the film also starred Robert Carlyle, Anne-Marie Duff and Colin Firth.

[citation needed] In 2010, she appeared in the dance film StreetDance 3D in the lead role alongside George Sampson, Diversity, and Flawless.

][citation needed] Her stage credits include the title role in Bollywood Jane at the West Yorkshire Playhouse throughout June 2007[5] and Constanza in a Sheffield revival of Peter Schaffer's Amadeus.[when?