 In July 2010 Jhakra was cast as a new young ambitious English teacher Eleanor Chaudry in Waterloo Road.Jhakra has also given a one-woman show called Dance Without Movement in which she took her audiences through a journey of a young Asian woman's life in England as well as performing as Princess Jasmine in Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Windsor for Bill Kenwright during Christmas 2009.In August 2016, Jhakra appeared as "tricky" agency nurse Amira Zafar in a feature-length special episode of "Casualty", broadcast on 27 August 2016.