Zhao entered the entertainment industry by co-hosting the variety program Huo Xing Qing Bao Ju (Mars Intelligence Agency).

Then she played the lead role in the romantic comedy Please Feel at Ease Mr. Ling, and starred in the period drama A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College.

[19] In 2022, she starred in the wuxia fantasy romance drama Who Rules The World with Yang Yang, based on the novel by Qing Lengyue, and starred in the historical romance drama Love Like the Galaxy alongside Wu Lei, based on the novel, Xing Han Can Lan, Xing Shen Zhi Zai by Guan Xin Ze Luan.

[20] She also led the drama Gen Z alongside Wu Gang, Luo Yi Zhou, Alina Zhang, and Jiang Shan.

[23] On June 22, 2024, the film There's a Kiosk by the Clouds, in which she co-starred with Peng Yuchang and Zhou Yuya, was released nationwide, in which she played the role of Cherry, the owner of the coffee shop.

Reports indicated that she had developed aphasia, and she disclosed that she had been battling depression since 2019 attributed to the loss of family members.