She played her first character for the movie "Sa raison d'être" directed by Renaud Bertrand.
Then she played a lead role in the French film "Plan B" directed by Kamel Saleh.
She then moved to Morocco and pursued her acting career by playing lead roles in various films.
In 2016, she signed with the Medi 1 TV channel in the television series of Ghoul and the French film Tazzeka.
Also that year, Elma appeared in the BBC series The Last Post which aired in October 2017.