Rekha Shankar
- Acting
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
Filmography
- Which Wish? With Lou Wilson
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy · DoT (Voice)
- Mountain Friends · Molly
- Parlor Room · Self
- Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad · Leah
- Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party · Self
- The Candlenights 2024 Special · Self
- Nobody Asked · Self
- Gastronauts · Self
- Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson · Rekha Shankar
- Smartypants · Self, Co-Executive Producer
- After Midnight · Self
- Very Important People · Mother Hot Dog
- Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! · Jeff
- DesiQuest · Laddoo Auntie
- Digman! · Jaya (Voice), Writer
- Untitled Improv Project · Self
- Phoning It In · Self
- Dirty Laundry · Self
- Grand Crew · Story Editor, Executive Story Editor
- Hacks · Victoria
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun · Neighbour, Ginger
- Erotic Clubhouse · Self, Creator
- Dimension 20's Adventuring Party · Self
- Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? · Self, Executive producer
- Ultramechatron Team Go! · Sarah, Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (Voice)
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie · Gaya
- Game Changer · Self
- Gods of Food · Customer 1, Executive producer
- Kingpin Katie · Rekha Shankar
- Troopers: Rise of the Budget · Writer
- Downbeat · Olivia
- The Rank Room · Self
- Total Forgiveness · Self
- WTF 101 · Sloth (Voice)
- Erotic Book Club · Self, Creator
- Adventuring Academy · Self
- Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series · Sarah
- Um, Actually... · Self
- Cartoon Hell · Greta (Voice), Goblina (Voice)
- Dimension 20 · Maggie, Daisy D’umpstaire
- The Rank Room: The Web Series · Self
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom · Scrum Tooterscoots, Billabong Thorton
- A Message From the CEO · Director, Additional Writing
- Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone · Auditionee
- Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall · Assistant Editor
- Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife · Vidhya, Writer
- Best Friends Forever