Powell started her career in 1991 in Playboy: Girls of Spring Break as herself. She then went on to be a contestant on Round Trip to Heaven. Powell has guest starred in more than 25 different TV series such as Friends, Harry and the Hendersons, California Dreams, The Commish, Silk Stalkings, Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, The Sentinel, The Sentinel, NCIS and Safety Geeks: SVI. Powell has starred in more than seven films including Airborne, The Unborn II, and That Thing You Do!. Powell has starred in the short-lived Pacific Palisades in 1997. She was cast as Summer Halloway on General Hospital in 2002 where she had a contract role.[3] Powell modeled for the Safety Geeks' 2010, 2011, and 2012 Safety Pin-Up Calendars.
