For her work, Friar has received accolades including nominations at the AACTAs and the BAFTAs, as well as winning an RTS Award.
In 2008, Friar played Hannah in the BBC television film Dustbin Baby, adapted from Jacqueline Wilson's 2001 novel of the same name.
[12] In an episode broadcast on 25 June 2019, Friar's Ackley Bridge character Missy dies in previously unannounced scenes.
[13] After the conclusion of In My Skin, it was announced that she would be starring in BBC Three's 2022 television film Life and Death in the Warehouse.
[14] Friar also starred in the upcoming BBC television film My Name is Leon,[15] as well as playing Mayella Ewell in a production of To Kill a Mockingbird, which was on at the Gielgud Theatre in 2022.