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.”
Acting
Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Gaya
2019
TV
Hacks
as Victoria
2021
TV
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
as DoT (voice)
2026
TV
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
as Neighbour
2020
TV
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
as Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT
2020
TV
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
as Ginger
2020
TV
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
as Neighbour / Ginger / Woman at Fight / SWAT SWAT
2020
TV
Game Changer
as Self - Contestant
2019
TV
Game Changer
as Self (archive footage)
2019
TV
Game Changer
as Self - Jury Member
2019
TV
Game Changer
as Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash
2019
TV
Game Changer
as Self - Guard
2019
TV
Digman!
as Jaya (voice)
2023
TV
After Midnight
as Self
2024
TV
Dimension 20
as Maggie
2018
TV
Dimension 20
as Daisy D’umpstaire
2018
TV
Dimension 20
as Katja Cleaver
2018
TV
Dimension 20
as Usha Rao / G13
2018
TV
Very Important People
as Mother Hot Dog
2023
TV
Smartypants
as Self - Host
2024
TV
Dirty Laundry
as Self - Guest
2022
TV
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
as Maximillian Chungus
2018
TV
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
as Susanne Pershing
2018
TV
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
as Scrum Tooterscoots
2018
Crew
TV
Digman!
Writer
2023
TV
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
Assistant Editor
2013
TV
Smartypants
Co-Executive Producer
2024
TV
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
Writer
2018
TV
Gods of Food
Executive Producer
2019
Movie
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
Writer
TV
Erotic Clubhouse
Creator
2020
TV
Troopers: Rise of the Budget
Writer
2019
TV
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
Writer
2019
TV
A Message From the CEO
Additional Writing
2018
TV
Erotic Book Club
Creator
2018