Godliman has appeared in Law of the Playground, Spoons, Extras, Life's Too Short, Rush Hour, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Miranda and Home Time. She appeared in the final episode the first series of Frankie as a seriously ill hardworking patient. She also appeared in the 2011 Birds Eye polar bear commercial for their new frozen king prawns. Godliman plays Hannah in Ricky Gervais' Channel 4 sitcom Derek. She played the mother in Our Girl. She appeared in the Sky 1 sitcom Carters Get Rich as Liz Carter, the mother of Harry, who invents an app and becomes a millionaire. She guest starred in an episode of Damned, with Jo Brand and Alan Davies.