Thorpe was first discovered in a workshop production of "Assassins", leading to a role in the 2000 film "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle". That same year, Thorpe joined the cast of the daily soap opera "The Young and the Restless", playing Rianna Miner. Thorpe moved from there to the soap opera "Days of Our Lives", in July 2002. She left that series in November 2003, when her character was believed to have been murdered by the Salem Stalker. She returned, her character having avoided death, in guest appearances on the show in 2004 and 2005.