Before her film career, Steal started working as a stripper by using a fake ID when she was seventeen years old. Steal made her film debut in 2001. She has since been in many adult films and posed for many adult magazines, such as Hustler. She has worked under exclusive contract first for Pleasure Productions and later in 2003 for ClubJenna. She was the first actress to sign a contract with ClubJenna; when her contract expired in December 2005, even though the company wanted to renew it, Steal refused.

In September 2007, Krystal Steal announced she has signed with Adult Talent Managers after a nearly year-long hiatus from the industry.