After her studies, she participated in beauty pageants, winning the 'Miss Coimbatore 2004' title and was the runner up for Miss Kerala 2005.
[2] In February 2006, Pooja became a VJ at SS Music after she, along with Anuj Gurwara, Purnima Maudgil and Gibran, were selected as the winners out of 3000 contestants in SS Music's pan-India talent hunt show VJ Factor 2.
[6] She was also a contestant in Anu Alavum Bayamillai[7] becoming the winner of the first season,[8] and acted in the thriller serial Kanchana, both on STAR Vijay.
[9] After 2012, Pooja became a full-time actress, signing feature films across Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam industries.
She was seen in minor roles in the romantic comedy Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi, its Telugu version Love Failure and the thriller Pizza in 2012.