Lee appeared in When Love Comes (2010) as Laichun. She won a best newcomer award at the 2011 Chinese Film Media Awards for her work in that film. Lee was Ximin, a college student, in When Green Turns to Gold (2018). Lee's character in Wild Sparrow (2019) was a young woman living in Zhongli District, struggling with romantic relationships and maintaining employment while raising her son. Lee shared the Best Actress Award at the Taipei Film Awards that year, with Liu Yin-shang.