Engelberg made her film debut in the 1987 mini-series Nutcracker:Money, Madness & Murder sharing screentime with Lilyan Chauvin, Jonathan Frakes, John Glover, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Frank Military, Robert Schenkkan, George D. Wallace and Noble Willingham. Engelberg then appeared in the teen comedy Big Girls Don't Cry, They Get Even (1992) with Cory Danziger and Googy Gress. Engelberg's only other single guest appearance was on the teen sitcom Clueless starring Wallace Shawn in "Our Lady of Rodeo Drive" (1998).