Chakraborty played the female protagonist in the Bengali television serial Ogo Bodhu Sundari. The serial was remade into Hindi as Sasural Genda Phool. In 2011, she made her big screen debut with the film Tomar Shange Praner Khela. The film was directed by Rakesh Kumar, who also directed Sasural Genda Phool. The story of the film explores the relationship of the female protagonist with five men. Later she worked in other films like Barood and Tobu Basanta. She was also recently seen acting in a TV series, Chokher Tara Tui, which is aired on STAR Jalsha. She has however quit the serial, stating health issues. She also played the character of Charulata (a theatrical adaptation of Tagore's Noshtonir) for Gautam Halder's cine play "Noshtonir". She also appeared in Srijit Mukherji's multi starer film Chotushkone in October 2014 . She was seen in an Indian Bengali Drama film Bawal directed by Biswaroop Biswas. She was last seen in Onyo Apalaa in 2015 which was an official selection in Indian Panorama She was recently featured in a music video with Ayushmann Khurrana called Orrey Mon - written by Swanand Kirkire and directed by Shlok Sharma which garnered praises from all spheres .

Early in 2017 - Ritabhari was seen in a short film with Kalki Koechlin titled “Naked” which was also penned and produced by her .

Her first Hindi film was "Pari" which released on March 2,2018 and also stars Anushka Sharma.

Presently she is the brand face of Chandrani Pearls, Rupayan Jewellers, Shehnaz, Rajlaxmi Jewellers, Bazar Kolkata, Dr. Paul’s skin clinic, Nakoda Hallmarking, AMRI Dental clinic, Sunrise Masala, Siddha, PCO club, Paridhan, Aurum Jewellers, Enkor electronics, Rimi Nayak India, Resham Shilpi, Manini, Ananya etc.