5.9
Movie
Acting
Rekha Shankar
- Credits
- 51 titles
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.”
Signature work
Known For
5.9
Movie
7.5
TV
Hacks
5.4
TV
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
8.4
TV
Game Changer
7.3
TV
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
6.1
TV
Digman!
8.3
TV
Make Some Noise
9.1
TV
Dimension 20
7.8
TV
Very Important People
6.8
TV
Smartypants
4.8
TV
Grand Crew
7.4
TV
Dirty Laundry
7.7
TV
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
8.6
TV
Um, Actually...
8.3
TV
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
8.2
TV
WTF 101
5.2
Movie
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
7.0
TV
Cartoon Hell
Acting credits 47
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife Film | Vidhya |
| TBA | Best Friends Forever Film | |
| 2026 | The Ribbon Film | Ribbon Girl (voice) |
| 2026 | Which Wish? With Lou Wilson TV | (1 ep) |
| 2026 | Toonout TV | Ribbon Girl (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2026 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy TV | DoT (voice) (3 ep) |
| 2025 | Mountain Friends Film | Molly |
| 2025 | Parlor Room TV | Self (5 ep) |
| 2025 | Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad Film | Leah |
| 2025 | Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party Film | Self |
| 2024 | The Candlenights 2024 Special Film | Self |
| 2024 | Nobody Asked TV | Self - Host (5 ep) |
| 2024 | Gastronauts TV | Self - Judge (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson Film | Rekha Shankar |
| 2024 | Smartypants TV | Self - Host (40 ep) |
| 2024 | After Midnight TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2023 | Very Important People TV | Mother Hot Dog (2 ep) |
| 2023 | Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! TV | Jeff (1 ep) |
| 2023 | DesiQuest TV | Laddoo Auntie (11 ep) |
| 2023 | Digman! TV | Jaya (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Untitled Improv Project TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Phoning It In TV | Self - Idiot (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Make Some Noise TV | Self - Player (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Dirty Laundry TV | Self - Guest (2 ep) |
| 2021 | Hacks TV | Victoria (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun TV | Neighbour, Ginger, Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Erotic Clubhouse TV | Self - Host (10 ep) |
| 2020 | Dimension 20's Adventuring Party TV | Self (30 ep) |
| 2019 | Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? TV | Self - Host (6 ep) |
| 2019 | Ultramechatron Team Go! TV | Sarah, Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice) (10 ep) |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie Film | Gaya |
| 2019 | Game Changer TV | Self - Contestant, Self (archive footage), Self - Jury Member, Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash, Self - Guard (16 ep) |
| 2019 | Gods of Food TV | Customer 1 (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Kingpin Katie TV | Rekha Shankar (4 ep) |
| 2019 | Downbeat TV | Olivia (1 ep) |
| 2019 | The Rank Room TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 2019 | Total Forgiveness TV | Self (8 ep) |
| 2019 | WTF 101 TV | Sloth (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Erotic Book Club TV | Self - Host (16 ep) |
| 2018 | Adventuring Academy TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 2018 | Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series TV | Sarah (4 ep) |
| 2018 | Um, Actually... TV | Self - Contestant (5 ep) |
| 2018 | Cartoon Hell TV | Womantis (voice), Aggmin (voice), Mel (voice), Camilla (voice), Greta (voice), Hashley (voice), Tammy / Keena Left (voice), Mekena (voice), Goblina (voice), Aggmin / Joan (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Dimension 20 TV | Maggie, Daisy D’umpstaire, Katja Cleaver, Usha Rao / G13 (6 ep) |
| 2018 | The Rank Room: The Web Series TV | Self (2 ep) |
| 2018 | Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom TV | Scrum Tooterscoots, Susanne Pershing, Toronto's Onfire, Billabong Thorton, Maximillian Chungus, Potato, Damp Probably, Felicity Almond, P.P. Cocktail, Grizabella Grits, Mama New Here, Dung Beetle, Fish Tig (Shelby), Stuart Big, Rekha Shankar (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone Film | Auditionee |
Crew credits 12
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife Film | Writer |
| 2024 | Smartypants TV | Co-Executive Producer (9 ep) |
| 2023 | Digman! TV | Writer, Staff Writer (3 ep) |
| 2021 | Grand Crew TV | Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Writer (10 ep) |
| 2020 | Erotic Clubhouse TV | Creator (10 ep) |
| 2019 | Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? TV | Executive Producer, Creator, Writer (6 ep) |
| 2019 | Gods of Food TV | Executive Producer, Writer, Creator (6 ep) |
| 2019 | Troopers: Rise of the Budget TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 2018 | Erotic Book Club TV | Creator |
| 2018 | Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 2018 | A Message From the CEO TV | Director, Additional Writing (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall TV | Assistant Editor (1 ep) |