Rekha Shankar
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- 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.”
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Filmography
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
Movie · as Vidhya
Best Friends Forever
Movie
The Ribbon
Movie · as Ribbon Girl (voice)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV · as DoT (voice) · 3 eps
Which Wish? With Lou Wilson
TV · 1 ep
Toonout
TV · as Ribbon Girl (voice) · 1 ep
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
Movie · as Leah
Mountain Friends
Movie · as Molly
Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party
Movie · as Self
Parlor Room
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
Movie · as Rekha Shankar
The Candlenights 2024 Special
Movie · as Self
Smartypants
TV · as Self - Host · 40 eps
After Midnight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nobody Asked
TV · as Self - Host · 5 eps
Gastronauts
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
TV · as Jeff · 1 ep
Very Important People
TV · as Mother Hot Dog · 2 eps
Digman!
TV · as Jaya (voice) · 1 ep
DesiQuest
TV · as Laddoo Auntie · 11 eps
Dirty Laundry
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Phoning It In
TV · as Self - Idiot · 1 ep
Untitled Improv Project
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Make Some Noise
TV · as Self - Player · 1 ep
Hacks
TV · as Victoria · 1 ep
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
TV · as Neighbour, Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT, Ginger · 1 ep
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
TV · as Self · 30 eps
Erotic Clubhouse
TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie · as Gaya
Kingpin Katie
TV · as Rekha Shankar · 4 eps
Total Forgiveness
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Game Changer
TV · as Self - Contestant, Self (archive footage), Self - Jury Member, Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash, Self - Guard · 16 eps
The Rank Room
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Gods of Food
TV · as Customer 1 · 1 ep
Downbeat
TV · as Olivia · 1 ep
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
WTF 101
TV · as Sloth (voice) · 1 ep
Ultramechatron Team Go!
TV · as Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice) · 1 ep
Dimension 20
TV · as Maggie, Daisy D’umpstaire, Katja Cleaver, Usha Rao / G13 · 6 eps
Um, Actually...
TV · as Self - Contestant · 5 eps
Cartoon Hell
TV · as Hashley (voice), Aggmin (voice), Greta (voice), Womantis (voice), Tammy / Keena Left (voice), Mekena (voice), Camilla (voice), Mel (voice), Goblina (voice), Aggmin / Joan (voice) · 1 ep
The Rank Room: The Web Series
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Adventuring Academy
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
TV · as Sarah · 4 eps
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV · as Maximillian Chungus, Susanne Pershing, Scrum Tooterscoots, Potato, Billabong Thorton, Toronto's Onfire, P.P. Cocktail, Felicity Almond, Damp Probably, Grizabella Grits, Fish Tig (Shelby), Stuart Big, Dung Beetle, Mama New Here, Rekha Shankar · 1 ep
Erotic Book Club
TV · as Self - Host · 16 eps
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
Movie · as Auditionee