Lin's first film saw her perform as a student killed in a poorly-built school that collapsed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011 she played an unrequited lover in "Beyond Destiny". The latter won the Golden Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival and the Award of Merit at the Indie Fest in California. In 2014 she played a news reporter from China Central Television in the satirical series "Big Shorts". The same year she starred in "Red Lotus", a Swedish production that is based on the persecution of Falun Gong. Her latest film, "The Bleeding Edge", from the creators of the Peabody Award-winning film "Human Harvest", is a thriller based on real-life events where she plays a Falun Gong practitioner. The film was released on April 11, 2016. She won the 2016 Leo Award for Best Female Lead Performance in a TV Movie.