Ineya acted in several Malayalam television series, short films and
telefilms as a child artist. While studying in class four, she acted in the telefilm
Koottilekku, which was followed by appearances in tele-serials
Orma and
Sree Guruvayoorappan by Vayalar Madhavan Kutty. Ineya won the Miss Trivandrum title in 2005, following which she did modeling and appeared in several television advertisements as well as a number of Malayalam award-winning
art films, including
Saira (2006), directed
Dr. Biju,
Dalamarmarangal (2009) and
Umma (2011), both directed by
Vijayakrishnan. She also played a pivotal role in
Rajesh Touchriver's short feature
The Sacred Face, which focusses on
child abuse. all of which were cancelled or remain unreleased. She next played a supporting role as the sister to
Cheran's character in
Mysskin's mystery thriller
Yuddham Sei. She acted in the female lead character in his period piece
Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011). Her portrayal of a tea stall owner was lauded by critics. Pavithra Srinivasan of
Rediff wrote that she was a "welcome find", describing her as "natural, appealing, and very expressive". then in
Pulivaal, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film
Chaappa Kurishu and
Naan Sigappu Manithan. In her only Malayalam release of 2014,
Madhu Kaithapram's
Vellivelichathil (
In the Limelight), she played the role of a dancer. She is seen in a dance number in the comedy entertainer
Amar Akbar Anthony (2015). She also part of the bilingual titled
Alone (2015) and
Girls (2016). Ineya portrayed a character named Lovely in
Swarnakaduva (2016), directed by
Jose Thomas. The actress was much praised for her powerful performance in the movie. She working with actor
Mammootty in
Puthan Panam (2017). Iniya's performance in the movies
Parole (2018) and
Pengalila (2019) won her the second
Best Supporting Actress award at the
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards. She playing the title role in Tamil film
Pottu (2019), a horror-comedy. Ineya was seen in the Malayalam film
Mamangam (2019), and she shared screen space with Megastar
Mammootty in the film. Her performance in the film was well appreciated. Ineya starred alongside Kannada superstar
Shiva Rajkumar titled
Drona (2020). She then appear in The Tamil TV soap
Kannana Kanne. She has played the lead in the thriller
Coffee (2021) directly on TV. Later Ineya, who plays
Vimal's wife in the crime web series
Vilangu (2022) started streaming on
ZEE5. She working with
Samuthirakani in the crime thriller
Naan Kadavul Illai (2023) directed by
S. A. Chandrasekhar. ==Filmography==