Rekha Shankar
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.”
41 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 41
Hacks
2021
Dimension 20
2018
After Midnight
2024
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
2020
Game Changer
2019
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
Um, Actually...
2018
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018
Very Important People
2023
Digman!
2023
Dirty Laundry
2022
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
2023
Smartypants
2024
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
2020
Cartoon Hell
2018
WTF 101
2019
Parlor Room
2025
Adventuring Academy
2018
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
Gastronauts
2024
Erotic Book Club
2018
Total Forgiveness
2019
Gods of Food
2019
Ultramechatron Team Go!
2019
Downbeat
2019
The Rank Room
2019
Kingpin Katie
2019
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
2019
Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die
2025
Nobody Asked
2024
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
2018
The Rank Room: The Web Series
2018
Erotic Clubhouse
2020
Phoning It In
2022
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2024
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
2017
The Candlenights 2024 Special
2024
Best Friends Forever
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Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
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Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
2025
Mountain Friends
2025
