In 2010, Payne appeared in the short film
I Luv Matt Johnson playing Zoe. In 2011, she played Emmie in the short film
Atmospheric and, on 28 September, she joined the main cast of the British soap
Hollyoaks as Annalise Appleton until February 2013 when her character decided to move to London after taking a job there. In 2012, she appeared in the thriller
Stalled where she played a character who gave birth to Evie. In 2017, she played Widow Ordlaf in series 4, episode 20, of
Vikings who was consoled for the loss of her husband by Bishop Heahmund. ==Filmography==