[2] She also played Chloe Lyman in the second season of the Netflix mockumentary American Vandal and Dr. Melissa "Mel" King in the Max medical drama The Pitt.

[7] The show was created and written by fellow USC student Susie Yankou and was directed by Mike Effenberger.

[9] Written and created by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson,[10] the show was critically acclaimed for its portrayal of campus sexual assault.

[15][16][17] In 2017, Dearden appeared in the film The Last Champion, which stars Cole Hauser as former Olympic wrestler John Wright.

In 2018, Dearden appeared in season two of the Netflix mockumentary American Vandal, where she played the character Chloe Lyman, acting alongside co-stars Tyler Alvarez, Griffin Gluck, and Travis Tope.