Rekha Shankar
Biography
Rekha Shankar is an executive story editor for Grand Crew (NBC) and for Andy Samberg and Neil Campbell's Digman! (Comedy Central). She was also a staff writer for Animaniacs (Hulu) and Head Writer for CollegeHumor's Hardly Working series. In 2020 she was selected for Just For Laughs: New Faces - Creators. She can be seen in Between Two Ferns: The Movie, Hacks, Aunty Donna’s House of Fun, and as Cupid in a Hershey’s commercial. She is also on stage every week at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre LA. Other credits include The New Yorker, ClickHole, Reductress, Kal Penn Approves This Message, Slamdance, and being a national punner. One of her New Yorker pieces about how recipes have way too much backstory up top even went “viral.”
Known For
All Movies (9)
- Mountain Friends2025 · as Molly
- Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad2025 · as Leah
- Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party2025 · as Self
- The Candlenights 2024 Special2024 · as Self
- Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson2024 · as Rekha Shankar
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie2019 · as Gaya
- Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone2017 · as Auditionee
- Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife— · as Vidhya
- Best Friends Forever—
All TV Shows (68)
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy2026 · as DoT (voice)
- Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die2025 · as The Blue Giggler
- Parlor Room2025 · as Self
- Nobody Asked2024 · as Self - Host
- Gastronauts2024 · as Self - Judge
- Smartypants2024 · as Self - Host
- After Midnight2024 · as Self
- Very Important People2023 · as Mother Hot Dog
- Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!2023 · as Jeff
- Digman!2023 · as Jaya (voice)
- Untitled Improv Project2022 · as Self
- Phoning It In2022 · as Self - Idiot
- Dirty Laundry2022 · as Self - Guest
- Hacks2021 · as Victoria
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun2020 · as Neighbour
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun2020 · as Ginger
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun2020 · as Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun2020 · as Neighbour / Ginger / Woman at Fight / SWAT SWAT
- Erotic Clubhouse2020 · as Self - Host
- Dimension 20's Adventuring Party2020 · as Self
- Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?2019 · as Self - Host
- Ultramechatron Team Go!2019 · as Sarah
- Ultramechatron Team Go!2019 · as Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)
- Game Changer2019 · as Self - Contestant
- Game Changer2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- Game Changer2019 · as Self - Jury Member
- Game Changer2019 · as Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash
- Game Changer2019 · as Self - Guard
- Gods of Food2019 · as Customer 1
- Kingpin Katie2019 · as Rekha Shankar
- Downbeat2019 · as Olivia
- The Rank Room2019 · as Self
- Total Forgiveness2019 · as Self
- WTF 1012019 · as Sloth (voice)
- Erotic Book Club2018 · as Self - Host
- Adventuring Academy2018 · as Self
- Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series2018 · as Sarah
- Um, Actually...2018 · as Self - Contestant
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Womantis (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Aggmin (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Mel (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Camilla (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Greta (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Hashley (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Tammy / Keena Left (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Mekena (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Goblina (voice)
- Cartoon Hell2018 · as Aggmin / Joan (voice)
- Dimension 202018 · as Maggie
- Dimension 202018 · as Daisy D’umpstaire
- Dimension 202018 · as Katja Cleaver
- Dimension 202018 · as Usha Rao / G13
- The Rank Room: The Web Series2018 · as Self
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Scrum Tooterscoots
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Susanne Pershing
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Toronto's Onfire
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Billabong Thorton
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Maximillian Chungus
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Potato
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Damp Probably
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Felicity Almond
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as P.P. Cocktail
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Grizabella Grits
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Mama New Here
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Dung Beetle
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Fish Tig (Shelby)
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Stuart Big
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom2018 · as Rekha Shankar