Rekha Shankar
Acting
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
TheatersThe Ribbon
2026 · Movie
Which Wish? With Lou Wilson
2026 · Series
Toonout
2026 · Series
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · Series
Mountain Friends
2025 · Movie
Parlor Room
2025 · Series
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
2025 · Movie
Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party
2025 · Movie
The Candlenights 2024 Special
2024 · Movie
Nobody Asked
2024 · Series
Gastronauts
2024 · Series
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2024 · Movie
Smartypants
2024 · Series
After Midnight
2024 · Series
Very Important People
2023 · Series
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
2023 · Series
DesiQuest
2023 · Series
Digman!
2023 · Series
Untitled Improv Project
2022 · Series
Phoning It In
2022 · Series
Dirty Laundry
2022 · Series
Grand Crew
2021 · Series
Hacks
2021 · Series
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
2020 · Series
Erotic Clubhouse
2020 · Series
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
2020 · Series
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
2019 · Series
Ultramechatron Team Go!
2019 · Series
Game Changer
2019 · Series
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019 · Movie
Gods of Food
2019 · Series
Kingpin Katie
2019 · Series
Troopers: Rise of the Budget
2019 · Series
Downbeat
2019 · Series
The Rank Room
2019 · Series
Total Forgiveness
2019 · Series
WTF 101
2019 · Series
Erotic Book Club
2018 · Series
Adventuring Academy
2018 · Series
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
2018 · Series
Um, Actually...
2018 · Series
Cartoon Hell
2018 · Series
Dimension 20
2018 · Series
The Rank Room: The Web Series
2018 · Series
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018 · Series
A Message From the CEO
2018 · Series
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
2017 · Movie
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
2013 · Series
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
Movie
Best Friends Forever
Movie