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.”
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Films (10)
The Ribbon
2026 · Ribbon Girl (voice)
Mountain Friends
2025 · Molly
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
2025 · Leah
Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party
2025 · Self
The Candlenights 2024 Special
2024 · Self
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2024 · Rekha Shankar
Entre deux fougères : Le Film
2019 · Gaya
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
2017 · Auditionee
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
· Vidhya, Writer
Best Friends Forever
Séries (41)
Which Wish? With Lou Wilson
2026
Toonout
2026 · Ribbon Girl (voice)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · DoT (voice)
Parlor Room
2025 · Self
Nobody Asked
2024 · Self - Host
Gastronauts
2024 · Self - Judge
Smartypants
2024 · Self - Host, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
After Midnight
2024 · Self
Very Important People
2023 · Mother Hot Dog
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
2023 · Jeff
DesiQuest
2023 · Laddoo Auntie
Digman!
2023 · Jaya (voice), Writer, Staff Writer
Untitled Improv Project
2022 · Self
Phoning It In
2022 · Self - Idiot
Make Some Noise
2022 · Self - Player
Dirty Laundry
2022 · Self - Guest
Grand Crew
2021 · Story Editor, Executive Story Editor, Writer
Hacks
2021 · Victoria
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
2020 · Neighbour, Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT, Ginger
Erotic Clubhouse
2020 · Self - Host, Creator
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
2020 · Self
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
2019 · Self - Host, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
Ultramechatron Team Go!
2019 · Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice), Sarah
Game Changer
2019 · Self - Contestant, Self (archive footage), Self - Jury Member, Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash, Self - Guard
Gods of Food
2019 · Customer 1, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
Kingpin Katie
2019 · Rekha Shankar
Troopers: Rise of the Budget
2019 · Writer
Downbeat
2019 · Olivia
The Rank Room
2019 · Self
Total Forgiveness
2019 · Self
WTF 101
2019 · Sloth (voice)
Erotic Book Club
2018 · Self - Host, Creator
Adventuring Academy
2018 · Self
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
2018 · Sarah
Um, Actually...
2018 · Self - Contestant
Cartoon Hell
2018 · Hashley (voice), Aggmin (voice), Greta (voice), Womantis (voice), Tammy / Keena Left (voice), Mekena (voice), Camilla (voice), Mel (voice), Goblina (voice), Aggmin / Joan (voice)
Dimension 20
2018 · Maggie, Daisy D’umpstaire, Katja Cleaver, Usha Rao / G13
The Rank Room: The Web Series
2018 · Self
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018 · 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, Writer
A Message From the CEO
2018 · Additional Writing, Director
Les raisons du crime, avec Tamron Hall
2013 · Assistant Editor