In 2003, she wrote a play for a show for touring company Theatre Centre titled Glow. In 2008, Virk wrote and directed the short film Forgive starring Sacha Dhawan and Abdi Gouhad. In 2012, she wrote and directed another short called Out of Darkness starring Tom Hiddleston, Monica Dolan, Andrew Gower, Jimmy Akingbola, Christine Bottomley and Riz Ahmed.