In 2015, Nahéma Ricci obtained her first role in the feature film Ailleurs by Samuel Matteau. In 2017 she contributes to multiple stages of the creation of the project Cet intervalle, directed by Morena Prats. She then participates in the new creation of Marie-Ève Milot and Marie-Claude St-Laurent, Clandestines, presented at the Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui in 2023. 

Nahéma played the lead role in the feature film Antigone by Sophie Deraspe, awarded in multiple international film festivals. The film won the Best Canadian Feature Film prize at TIFF 2019 and was selected to represent Canada in the 2020 Oscars race. Nahéma was named one of the TIFF “Rising Stars” and received several prizes for her performance in 2020, notably the Iris Prize for Revelation of the year and the Canadian Screen Award for Best performance by an Actress in a Leading Role.

Nahéma completed the 2018-2019 program of Danceworks school in Berlin. Furthermore, she is the author, director and performer of the play Identkit, presented at the 2019 Fringe Festival. Nahéma starred in many short films by emerging filmmakers, in the feature film Before El Fina by Nathan Buck, as well as in Annick Blanc's film Jour de chasse.

Nahéma is also a part of the cast of Bête Noire and Motel Paradis, two series directed by Sophie Deraspe. We can also see her in the second season of the series Les honorables, and is part of the cast of Complètement Lycée, playing the role of Quinn, a gothic student.