Ankita Shrivastav started her acting career when she was in school by working with several professional theater groups in Mumbai. She played the role of Sarabjit's younger daughter in the film Sarabjit. She performed in a 90-minute monologue called An Unposted Love Letter, which is an adaptation of Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing's short story by Ambal Productions. Being active in film industry she is do comes back to comedy as it being her innate passion.