She portrayed main character Hayley in the Nickelodeon series "The Troop", a series about a group of teenagers who fight monsters. In 2010 and 2011, she had guest roles on "True Jackson, VP" and "Big Time Rush", before a recurring role on "Ringer" as Tessa, a high school student. In 2012, Golightly had a recurring role on the MTV series "Teen Wolf" during the show's second season as Erica Reyes, the show's first living female werewolf. Golightly was set to reprise the role during the show's third season, which began filming in late 2012, but the actress only filmed a few cameo scenes. She exited the show as she had been cast as the female lead in a pilot for The CW titled "Company Town". In May 2013, it was announced that the pilot had not been greenlit.