Rekha Shankar

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.”

Movies & TV Shows

1. Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) — Gaya
2. Hacks (2021) — Victoria
3. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026) — DoT (voice)
4. Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun (2020) — Neighbour
5. Game Changer (2019) — Self - Contestant
6. Digman! (2023) — Jaya (voice)
7. After Midnight (2024) — Self
8. Dimension 20 (2018) — Maggie
9. Very Important People (2023) — Mother Hot Dog
10. Smartypants (2024) — Self - Host
11. Um, Actually... (2018) — Self - Contestant
12. Dirty Laundry (2022) — Self - Guest
13. Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom (2018) — Scrum Tooterscoots
14. Total Forgiveness (2019) — Self
15. WTF 101 (2019) — Sloth (voice)
16. Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone (2017) — Auditionee
17. Dimension 20's Adventuring Party (2020) — Self
18. Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson (2024) — Rekha Shankar
19. Kingpin Katie (2019) — Rekha Shankar
20. Cartoon Hell (2018) — Greta (voice)
21. Gastronauts (2024) — Self - Judge
22. Ultramechatron Team Go! (2019) — Sarah
23. Parlor Room (2025) — Self
24. Mountain Friends (2025) — Molly
25. Gods of Food (2019) — Customer 1
26. The Candlenights 2024 Special (2024) — Self
27. Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife — Vidhya
28. Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad (2025) — Leah
29. Best Friends Forever
30. Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party (2025) — Self
31. Erotic Clubhouse (2020) — Self - Host
32. The Rank Room (2019) — Self
33. Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! (2023) — Jeff
34. Downbeat (2019) — Olivia
35. Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? (2019) — Self - Host
36. The Rank Room: The Web Series (2018) — Self
37. Adventuring Academy (2018) — Self
38. Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series (2018) — Sarah
39. Erotic Book Club (2018) — Self - Host
40. Nobody Asked (2024) — Self - Host

Directed

1. A Message From the CEO (2018) — Director