In the Tamil contemporary fantasy comedy Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham she played the female lead role of Jaishree, an aspiring singer.

In 2013, Thomas acted in Romans which was very successful and named a 'blockbuster' by. She had previously collaborated with Samuthirakani in the drama series Arasi. The 2011 Tamil film Poraali directed by Samuthirakani, featured her as Tamizhselvi, a petrol bunk employee. Among her Malayalam projects were Chaappa Kurish and Thattathin Marayathu, the latter of which according to Sify was going to be 'the biggest box-office hit in the history of Malayalam cinema'. She then signed a few Tamil and Malayalam films in which she mostly played supporting roles. After that, she played the role of Jayaram's daughter in Veruthe Oru Bharya, where her performance was well appreciated. She started her career as a child actress, acting in the popular Sun TV serial My Dear Bootham. She can speak Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, French, Hindi and English. She pursued Bachelor of Architecture from SRM University. She was schooled at Holy Angels and Montfort Matriculation School, Chennai. Her roots are in Eddur village of Iritty taluk, Kerala. Nivetha Thomas was born on 2 November 1995 in Madras (now Chennai), India.

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