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.”
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Candlenights 2024 Special as Self
- 2024 · Nobody Asked as Self - Host
- 2024 · Mustafar Takes Los Angeles: An All-Star Live Reading of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as Yoda
- 2024 · Gastronauts as Self - Judge
- 2024 · Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson as Rekha Shankar
- 2024 · Smartypants as Self - Host
- 2024 · After Midnight as Self
- 2023 · Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! as Jeff
- 2022 · Dirty Laundry as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Hacks as Victoria
- 2020 · Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun as Neighbour
- 2020 · Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun as Ginger
- 2020 · Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun as Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT
- 2020 · Erotic Clubhouse as Self - Host
- 2020 · Dimension 20's Adventuring Party as Self
- 2019 · Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? as Self - Host
- 2019 · Ultramechatron Team Go! as Sarah
- 2019 · Ultramechatron Team Go! as Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)
- 2019 · Ultramechatron Team Go! as Self
- 2019 · Game Changer as Self - Contestant
- 2019 · Game Changer as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Game Changer as Self - Jury Member
- 2019 · Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Gaya
- 2019 · Gods of Food as Customer 1
- 2019 · Kingpin Katie as Rekha Shankar
- 2019 · Downbeat as Olivia
- 2019 · The Rank Room as Self
- 2019 · Total Forgiveness as Self
- 2019 · WTF 101 as Sloth (voice)
- 2018 · Erotic Book Club as Self - Host
- 2018 · Adventuring Academy as Self
- 2018 · Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series as Sarah
- 2018 · Um, Actually... as Self - Contestant
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Womantis (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Aggmin (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Mel (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Camilla (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Greta (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Hashley (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Tammy / Keena Left (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Mekena (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Goblina (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Aggmin / Joan (voice)
- 2018 · Cartoon Hell as Self / Aggmin (archive voice)
- 2018 · Dimension 20 as Maggie
- 2018 · Dimension 20 as Daisy D’umpstaire
- 2018 · Dimension 20 as Katja Cleaver
- 2018 · Dimension 20 as Self
- 2018 · Dimension 20 as Usha Rao / G13
- 2018 · The Rank Room: The Web Series as Self
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Scrum Tooterscoots
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Susanne Pershing
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Toronto's Onfire
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Billabong Thorton
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Maximillian Chungus
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Potato
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Damp Probably
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Felicity Almond
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as P.P. Cocktail
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Grizabella Grits
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Mama New Here
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Dung Beetle
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Fish Tig (Shelby)
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Stuart Big
- 2018 · Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom as Rekha Shankar