The daughter of actor Talat Hussain, she made her acting debut in late 1990s.
[1] Hussain made her acting debut in 1994 with Shalimar Television Network's telefilm Raqeeb, opposite Faisal Rehman.
[2] She then appeared in Syed Mohammad Ahmed's telefilm Aurat.
[2] She returned to television after a hiatus of more than fifteen years in Mohammed Ehteshamuddin's Yunhi where she played a composed and divorced daughter of a typical Pakistani family.
[3] She next appeared in Mehreen Jabbar's directed Jurm as a mother seeking justice for her murdered daughter.