Carpenter made her acting debut with an appearance in the TV crime series "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit". followed by a recurring role on the series "The Goodwin Games”.
She also starred in the Netflix features "Tall Girl" (2019), its sequel "Tall Girl 2" and "Work It" (2020).
She then starred in the Disney Channel comedy series "Girl Meets World" (2014–2017). In 2016, Carpenter appeared in the TV movie, "Adventures in Babysitting".
Carpenter also co-starred in the features "Horns" (2013), "The Hate U Give" (2018), "The Short History of the Long Road" (2019), "Clouds" (2020), and "Emergency" (2022).
Carpenter released a fifth studio album, "Emails I Can't Send" in 2022.
September 2024, Carpenter appeared on Christina Aguilera's live Spotify-exclusive special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Aguilera's self-titled debut album, duetting on "What a Girl Wants".
That month, she embarked on her first arena tour, the ‘Short n' Sweet’ Tour.
Carpenter then produced and starred in the Netflix holiday special, “A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter”.