[1][2] She made her Hindi debut in 2012 with a supporting role in English Vinglish and subsequently appeared in the films Fukrey (2013) and Rangrezz (2013).

[6] In 2008, she returned to India and ventured into modeling, appearing in various television advertisements like Nutrine Maha Lacto, Prince Jewellery and Cadbury Dairy Milk.

She was signed for the project in late 2008 to portray Divya, a simple girl next-door, whom the male lead character, played by Jai, would fall in love with.

She next starred in her first Telugu film, AVM Productions' Sekhar Kammula directed political drama Leader, alongside newcomers Rana Daggubati and Richa Gangopadhyay.

She recalls that an assistant director of Kammula had found her on Facebook and invited her and how she had to audition thrice for the film to prove herself and eventually got the offer.

[6][7] She played Ratna Prabha, a television channel reporter and friend to a young man, who would later go on to become a political leader.

[14] She has made her debut Hindi film English Vinglish (2012), produced by R Balki,[15] in which she had shared screen with Sridevi, who Priya admires and considers her idol.

[18][19] Priya Anand has shot for a special cameo in G. V. Prakash Kumar’s Trisha Illana Nayanthara (2015) which is being directed by newcomer Adhik Ravichandran.

Priya Anand's long time desire to work in a period film highly anticipated Malayalam release Kayamkulam Kochunni (2018), which stars Nivin Pauly.

[27] After being postponed multiple times, director R. Kannan’s Kasethan Kadavulada (2023) was released, with the remake of the 1972 film of the same name.