 In 2007, Maeda played a supporting role in the film "Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata", which was her debut as an actress.She starred in the 2011 film "Moshidora" and appeared in Nobuhiro Yamashita's 2012 film "Kueki Ressha".She also starred in Hideo Nakata's 2013 horror film "The Complex".