Rekha Shankar
Known For: 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.”
Filmography
2026
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy as DoT (voice)
2025
- Parlor Room as Self
- Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die as The Blue Giggler
- Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad as Leah
- Mountain Friends as Molly
2024
- After Midnight as Self
- Smartypants as Self - Host
- Gastronauts as Self - Judge
- Nobody Asked as Self - Host
- Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson as Rekha Shankar
- The Candlenights 2024 Special as Self
2023
- Digman! as Jaya (voice)
- Very Important People as Mother Hot Dog
- Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! as Jeff
2022
- Dirty Laundry as Self - Guest
- Phoning It In as Self
2021
- Hacks as Victoria
2020
- Dimension 20's Adventuring Party as Self
- Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun as Neighbour
- Erotic Clubhouse as Self - Host
2019
- Game Changer as Self - Contestant
- WTF 101 as Sloth (voice)
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Gaya
- Troopers: Rise of the Budget ... (Writer)
- The Rank Room as Self
- Gods of Food as Customer 1
- Downbeat as Olivia
- Ultramechatron Team Go! as Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)
- Kingpin Katie as Rekha Shankar
- Total Forgiveness as Self
- Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? as Self - Host
2018
- Dimension 20 as Maggie
- Um, Actually... as Self - Contestant
- Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Maximillian Chungus
- Cartoon Hell as Hashley (voice)
- Adventuring Academy as Self
- Erotic Book Club as Self - Host
- A Message From the CEO ... (Additional Writing)
- Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series as Sarah
- The Rank Room: The Web Series as Self
2017
- Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone as Auditionee
2013
- Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall ... (Assistant Editor)