As an actress, she started her career in theatre and completed acting training courses held under supervision of Mahtab Nasirpour in Canada. In early stage of her career, she played in “Drought and Lies” (directed by Pedram Alizadeh) and Oscar winner film, The Salesman (directed by Asghar Farhadi) Among other films she played as an actress is “Gisum” and In the Arms of Tree screened in 38th Fajr Film Festival As a theatre actress, Maral Baniadam has also played some plays like “The Other Side of the Mirror”, “Bernard Died” and “God of Carnage” directed by Ali Sarabi which the lather gained the enthusiasm of the audiences

She has also played in the short film The Small Panda, the Big Panda directed by Sahar Khoshnam. She also played the role of “Sara”, one of the influencing roles, in The Accomplice with actors Hedyeh Tehrani and Parviz Parastui