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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.”
Filmography
tvStar Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · DoT (voice)
tvSmosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die
2025 · The Blue Giggler
movieMountain Friends
2025 · Molly
tvParlor Room
2025 · Self
movieTe Seguiré a la Oscuridad
2025 · Leah
movieKatie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party
2025 · Self
movieThe Candlenights 2024 Special
2024 · Self
tvNobody Asked
2024 · Self - Host
tvGastronauts
2024 · Self - Judge
movieChris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2024 · Rekha Shankar
tvSmartypants
2024 · Self - Host, Co-Executive Producer
tvAfter Midnight
2024 · Self
tvVery Important People
2023 · Mother Hot Dog
tvFaster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
2023 · Jeff
tvDigman!
2023 · Jaya (voice), Writer, Staff Writer
tvUntitled Improv Project
2022 · Self
tvPhoning It In
2022 · Self - Idiot
tvDirty Laundry
2022 · Self - Guest
tvGrand Crew
2021 · Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Writer
tvHacks
2021 · Victoria
tvAunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
2020 · Neighbour, Ginger, Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT
tvErotic Clubhouse
2020 · Self - Host, Creator
tvDimension 20's Adventuring Party
2020 · Self
tvWhere in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
2019 · Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator, Writer
tvUltramechatron Team Go!
2019 · Sarah, Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)
movieBetween Two Ferns: The Movie
2019 · Gaya
tvGame Changer
2019 · Self - Contestant, Self (archive footage), Self - Jury Member, Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash, Self - Guard
tvGods of Food
2019 · Customer 1, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
tvKingpin Katie
2019 · Rekha Shankar
tvTroopers: Rise of the Budget
2019 · Writer
tvDownbeat
2019 · Olivia
tvThe Rank Room
2019 · Self
tvTotal Forgiveness
2019 · Self
tvWTF 101
2019 · Sloth (voice)
tvErotic Book Club
2018 · Self - Host, Creator
tvAdventuring Academy
2018 · Self
tvUltramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
2018 · Sarah
tvUm, Actually...
2018 · Self - Contestant
tvCartoon Hell
2018 · Womantis (voice), Aggmin (voice), Mel (voice), Camilla (voice), Greta (voice), Hashley (voice), Tammy / Keena Left (voice), Mekena (voice), Goblina (voice), Aggmin / Joan (voice)
tvDimension 20
2018 · Maggie, Daisy D’umpstaire, Katja Cleaver, Usha Rao / G13
tvThe Rank Room: The Web Series
2018 · Self
tvBreaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018 · Scrum Tooterscoots, Susanne Pershing, Toronto's Onfire, Billabong Thorton, Maximillian Chungus, Potato, Damp Probably, Felicity Almond, P.P. Cocktail, Grizabella Grits, Mama New Here, Dung Beetle, Fish Tig (Shelby), Stuart Big, Rekha Shankar, Writer
tvA Message From the CEO
2018 · Director, Additional Writing
movieSnowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
2017 · Auditionee
tvDeadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
2013 · Assistant Editor
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
movieVidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
— · Vidhya, Writer
Best Friends Forever
movieBest Friends Forever
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