Gough's television credits include The Clinic, This is Nightlive, Raw and Vera. She has also appeared in the feature-length drama Belonging to Laura, an adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan, for TV3, as well as Irish language programs Anseo and Scúp for TG4. In February 2018 she played the role of Doreen Lunt, a new mother diagnosed with Huntington’s disease, in the BBC1 drama "Call the midwife".