Zeenath made her screen debut with the song "Edheythee Reethi Moona" alongside Reeko Moosa Manik.

[1] Mariyam Shauqee's widely acclaimed family drama television series Kahthiri was released the following year, where she played the role of a spoiled daughter living in a congested housing complex, dealing with several social issues.

[3] Amjad Ibrahim-directed Ainbehge Loabi Firiehge Vaajib, starring Abbas, Yoosuf Shafeeu, Jamsheedha Ahmed, Arifa Ibrahim and Niuma Mohamed was released in 2000.

[7] Moomin Fuad and Ali Shifau's critically appreciated crime film Heylaa (2006) featured Zeenath as a drug addict.

[8] The film narrates the story of a fourteen years old ambitious boy who finds himself unknowingly being involved in smuggling of a revolver.

[14] At the same ceremony, she was nominated as the Best Supporting Actress in the romantic horror film Hukuru Vileyrey (2006), co-directed by Aishath Rishmy and Aminath Rasheedha which was based on a novel published by Ibrahim Waheed on Haveeru Daily in 2003.

[19][20] This was followed by Amjad Ibrahim's romantic drama film Hithuge Edhun (2006) which narrates the story of a disabled man where she played a guest role of a lady being publicly humiliated.

[31] The same year, she featured alongside Niuma Mohamed and Yoosuf Shafeeu in Ibrahim Wisan's debut direction Vee Beyvafa which was shot in 2011.

[35] Her first release of 2019 was the Moomin Fuad-directed psychological horror thriller Nivairoalhi (2019) which marks Niuma Mohamed's last onscreen film.

[37] Starring opposite Mohamed, Yoosuf Shafeeu and Ahmed Asim, the film received majorly positive reviews from critics; Aishath Maaha of Dho?

's list of Top Ten Actresses of Maldives where writer Aishath Maaha opined that she is the perfect "villain" of the industry though Abbas can pull off soft and calm characters too.