[1] Upon graduating from ALRA, Hocking was cast in Richard Bean's 2014 play Pitcairn, which had its world premiere at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester before having a run at Shakespeare's Globe[2] and going on tour with Out of Joint.
Hocking played Lima in the 2016 Irish miniseries Smalltown and had a recurring role as Emma Lyndsey in the first series of the BBC Two sitcom White Gold in 2017.
She was promoted to the main cast for Top Boy's fourth series,[5][6] and subsequently earned a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.
In 2022, Hocking starred in the music video for Stormzy's "Hide & Seek"[7] and appeared in the ITVX drama Riches and the first episode of the Disney+ series Moon Knight.
[9] Hocking is an ambassador for Refuge,[10] having reached out to the charity when seeking to portray her Top Boy character's domestic abuse storyline.