Person
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
Hacks
Victoria
Dimension 20
Maggie
After Midnight
Self
Game Changer
Self - Contestant
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
DoT (voice)
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
Scrum Tooterscoots
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
Self
Smartypants
Self - Host
Um, Actually...
Self - Contestant
Dirty Laundry
Self - Guest
Filmography
- 2026Star Trek: Starfleet AcademyDoT (voice)
- 2025Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna DieThe Blue Giggler
- 2025Mountain FriendsMolly
- 2025Parlor RoomSelf
- 2025Te Seguiré a la OscuridadLeah
- 2025Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) PartySelf
- 2024The Candlenights 2024 SpecialSelf
- 2024Nobody AskedSelf - Host
- 2024GastronautsSelf - Judge
- 2024Chris Grace: As Scarlett JohanssonRekha Shankar
- 2024SmartypantsSelf - Host
- 2024After MidnightSelf
- 2023Very Important PeopleMother Hot Dog
- 2023Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!Jeff
- 2023Digman!Jaya (voice)
- 2022Untitled Improv ProjectSelf
- 2022Phoning It InSelf - Idiot
- 2022Dirty LaundrySelf - Guest
- 2021Grand CrewStory Editor
- 2021HacksVictoria
- 2020Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of FunNeighbour
- 2020Erotic ClubhouseSelf - Host
- 2020Dimension 20's Adventuring PartySelf
- 2019Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?Self - Host
- 2019Ultramechatron Team Go!Sarah
- 2019Between Two Ferns: The MovieGaya
- 2019Game ChangerSelf - Contestant
- 2019Gods of FoodCustomer 1
- 2019Kingpin KatieRekha Shankar
- 2019Troopers: Rise of the BudgetWriter
- 2019DownbeatOlivia
- 2019The Rank RoomSelf
- 2019Total ForgivenessSelf
- 2019WTF 101Sloth (voice)
- 2018Erotic Book ClubSelf - Host
- 2018Adventuring AcademySelf
- 2018Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web SeriesSarah
- 2018Um, Actually...Self - Contestant
- 2018Cartoon HellGreta (voice)
- 2018Dimension 20Maggie
- 2018The Rank Room: The Web SeriesSelf
- 2018Breaking News: No Laugh NewsroomScrum Tooterscoots
- 2018A Message From the CEODirector
- 2017Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat ZoneAuditionee
- 2013Deadline: Crime with Tamron HallAssistant Editor
- —Vidhya's Guide to the AfterlifeVidhya
- —Best Friends Forever
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