After graduating from acting school, Reilly spent many years struggling to get acting work and found other employment at a nanny agency and as a waitress. She drew inspiration from observations of life in Los Angeles and other personae on social media. Because of her TikTok success, Reilly was signed by
WME and got cast by series co-creator
Lucia Aniello on the
HBO comedy series
Hacks, playing network executive Jessica on the
second season in 2022. She became a contestant on the
Dropout improv show
Make Some Noise beginning in 2022. Reilly played a recurring role as one of the dandelion
sprites on the
Netflix show
Dead Boy Detectives, released in 2024. The same year, she voiced one of the main characters on the
Peacock stop-motion series
In the Know, her first
voiceover role. In 2025, she hosted Netflix's podcast for the second season of
Wednesday. == Personal life ==