Hickman's casting in
Tracy Beaker Returns, a spin off from
The Story of Tracy Beaker was announced in December 2008. Hickman reprised her role of Carmen Howle in
The Dumping Ground, a sequel to
Tracy Beaker Returns from 2013 to 2016. In 2015, Hickman appeared in
BBC daytime soap opera,
Doctors as Sara Boswell and in
Casualty as Aisha Karim. She played the role of Carmen Howle in another
The Dumping Ground spin-off, ''
The Dumping Ground: I'm...'', a
webisode series. In 2014, Hickman played Princess Jasmine in her management's version of
Aladdin, which took place in
Swansea, Wales. Hickman starred in another of her management's pantomimes in late 2015, this time in
Sleeping Beauty, playing the role of Jill, alongside her Tracy Beaker Returns co-star Joe Maw who played the corresponding Jack. In 2016, she appeared in
Sleeping Beauty at the
Sunderland Empire Theatre, where she played the role of Princess Briar Rose. Later that year, Hickman worked with
Nationwide Education on the web series
Get Real With Money, aimed at young people with the objective of educating them about money management and finances. Hickman then appeared as a recurring character in the
BBC soap opera
EastEnders as
Linzi Bragg, a love interest for
Jay Brown (
Jamie Borthwick), from February until April 2016 and returned for a short stint in March 2017. From 2017 to 2019, Hickman portrayed
Nasreen Paracha in
Channel 4 school drama
Ackley Bridge. In 2018, Hickman appeared in the
Netflix original series
Safe as Sia Marshall. Also in 2018, Hickman played Leah in a stage production titled
Beautiful Thing by the
Tobacco Factory Theatre. In July 2019, she starred in the
BBC Three special
The Left Behind, as Yasmin. In 2020, she starred in the fourth series of the BBC drama
Our Girl as Mimi Saunders. Later that year, it was announced that Hickman would be starring in the second series of the
ITV crime drama series
Innocent, which aired in May 2021. Later in 2021, she co-starred in the short film
True Colours alongside
Tilly Keeper. She then starred in a revival of the play
East is East alongside
Ackley Bridge co-stars
Tony Jayawardena and
Gurjeet Singh at the
Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In April 2022, it was announced that Hickman had been cast in the
fourth series of the Netflix series
You. 2023 saw her return to the stage in a production of
Passing. She subsequently starred in the
ITVX series
Ruby Speaking, and later returned for the fifth and final series of
You. Following the series, Hickman appeared in
Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood, a miniseries broadcast on
Sky History in 2025. Later that year, she was announced as a main cast member for Netflix's
Grown Ups, an adaptation of the 2020 novel by
Marian Keyes. She will portray Nell. ==Filmography==