Acting Footman made her television debut as Isabella in an episode of the 2012
ITV miniseries
The Town. She starred in the 2015 production of
Thyestes at the
Courtyard Theatre, London and
Modern Love, which was put on in 2016 at
the Pleasance in London followed by a run at the
Etcetera Theatre in Camden. She returned to television in 2017 when she guest-starred as Lily in a season 2 episode of the
Netflix historical drama
The Crown, titled "
A Company of Men". She also made her feature film debut in the indie horror
An American Exorcism. The following year, Footman appeared in the comedy horror film
Slaughterhouse Rulez and starred in the lead role of Pia in the
BBC Two sitcom
Defending the Guilty; the rest of the series aired in 2019. Also in 2019, she had film roles as Nicole Mowbray in
Gavin Hood's
Official Secrets and Ruby in
Jason Lei Howden's action-comedy
Guns Akimbo. She made guest appearances in the
E4 sitcom
Dead Pixels and the
Amazon Prime thriller
Absentia, and appeared in the Icelandic series
Stella Blómkvist. In 2022, Footman originated the character Devon in
Theresa Rebeck's play
Mad House for its
David Harbour-led world premiere and run at the
Ambassadors Theatre, marking Footman's
West End debut. She then appeared in
Not Yet Midnight, of the three translated plays featured in the
Royal Court Theatre's
New Plays: Japan presentation in January 2023.
Writing Footman's debut novel
Mongrel was longlisted for the 2021 Mo Siewcharran Prize and was published in February 2024 by Footnote Press. It was then shortlisted for the
Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize. It was also longlisted for the
Polari Prize in the First Book category. Footman was one of several authors to withdraw her book from the Prize to protest the inclusion of John Boyne over his anti-transgender views. Footman has a forthcoming untitled young adult (YA) occult novel, set for a 2027 publication date via
Doubleday. ==Personal life==