She started her acting career with the movie ‘Lookin’ to get Out’ which was co-written by her father.

In Lookin' to Get Out (1982), she made her first appearance in cinema alongside her father, Jon Voight. It was directed by Hal Ashby and written by Al Schwartz and Jon Voight. Voight made his screenplay debut with the movie. After some initial setbacks, main photography on the movie began in May 1980. An actors' strike caused a five-month hiatus in the production.

Before the company took control of the film and recut it for him, director Ashby had infamous spats with the studio. Years later, while giving a speech at the University of Southern California, Jon Voight learned that the students had seen Ashby's initial cut of the movie rather than the theatrical version (which was considered lost). Warner Home Video, which released the Ashby Director's Cut on DVD on June 30, 2009, was informed of this. Filming took place in Las Vegas, including at the MGM Grand Las Vegas, and Variety called out the "shameless plugging" for the MGM entertainment complex and its shows (especially Siegfried & Roy's magic performances) in their review.