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.”
TV Shows(33)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
DoT (voice)
2026
Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die
The Blue Giggler
2025
Parlor Room
Self
2025
Nobody Asked
Self - Host
2024
Gastronauts
Self - Judge
2024
Smartypants
Self - Host
2024
After Midnight
Self
2024
Very Important People
Mother Hot Dog
2023
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
Jeff
2023
Digman!
Jaya (voice)
2023
Phoning It In
Self
2022
Dirty Laundry
Self - Guest
2022
Hacks
Victoria
2021
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
Neighbour
2020
Erotic Clubhouse
Self - Host
2020
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
Self
2020
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
Self - Host
2019
Ultramechatron Team Go!
Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)
2019
Game Changer
Self - Contestant
2019
Gods of Food
Customer 1
2019
Kingpin Katie
Rekha Shankar
2019
Downbeat
Olivia
2019
The Rank Room
Self
2019
Total Forgiveness
Self
2019
WTF 101
Sloth (voice)
2019
Erotic Book Club
Self - Host
2018
Adventuring Academy
Self
2018
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
Sarah
2018
Um, Actually...
Self - Contestant
2018
Cartoon Hell
Hashley (voice)
2018
Dimension 20
Maggie
2018
The Rank Room: The Web Series
Self
2018
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
Maximillian Chungus
2018
Movies(8)
Mountain Friends
Molly
2025
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
Leah
2025
The Candlenights 2024 Special
Self
2024
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
Rekha Shankar
2024
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Gaya
2019
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
Auditionee
2017
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
Vidhya
Best Friends Forever