Rekha Shankar
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.”
Filmography
75 credits
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
Movie • 2024
Rekha Shankar
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Gaya
The Candlenights 2024 Special
Movie • 2024
Self
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife
Movie
Vidhya
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
Movie • 2025
Leah
Mountain Friends
Movie • 2025
Molly
Best Friends Forever
Movie
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
Movie • 2017
Auditionee
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
TV • 2020
Neighbour
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
TV • 2020
Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
TV • 2020
Ginger
Dimension 20
TV • 2018
Maggie
Dimension 20
TV • 2018
Daisy D’umpstaire
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
TV • 2020
Self
Hacks
TV • 2021
Victoria
Um, Actually...
TV • 2018
Self - Contestant
Kingpin Katie
TV • 2019
Rekha Shankar
Total Forgiveness
TV • 2019
Self
Dirty Laundry
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Erotic Clubhouse
TV • 2020
Self - Host
Dimension 20
TV • 2018
Katja Cleaver
Game Changer
TV • 2019
Self - Contestant
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Hashley (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Aggmin (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Greta (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Womantis (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Tammy / Keena Left (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Mekena (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Camilla (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Mel (voice)
The Rank Room
TV • 2019
Self
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Goblina (voice)
Cartoon Hell
TV • 2018
Aggmin / Joan (voice)
Gods of Food
TV • 2019
Customer 1
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
TV • 2023
Jeff
Downbeat
TV • 2019
Olivia
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
TV • 2019
Self - Host
WTF 101
TV • 2019
Sloth (voice)
The Rank Room: The Web Series
TV • 2018
Self
Adventuring Academy
TV • 2018
Self
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
TV • 2018
Sarah
Game Changer
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Game Changer
TV • 2019
Self - Jury Member
Ultramechatron Team Go!
TV • 2019
Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)
Ultramechatron Team Go!
TV • 2019
Sarah
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Maximillian Chungus
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Susanne Pershing
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Scrum Tooterscoots
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Potato
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Billabong Thorton
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Toronto's Onfire
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
P.P. Cocktail
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Felicity Almond
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Damp Probably
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Grizabella Grits
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Fish Tig (Shelby)
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Stuart Big
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Dung Beetle
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Mama New Here
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
TV • 2018
Rekha Shankar
Smartypants
TV • 2024
Self - Host
Erotic Book Club
TV • 2018
Self - Host
Dimension 20
TV • 2018
Usha Rao / G13
After Midnight
TV • 2024
Self
Nobody Asked
TV • 2024
Self - Host
Gastronauts
TV • 2024
Self - Judge
Phoning It In
TV • 2022
Self
Parlor Room
TV • 2025
Self
Game Changer
TV • 2019
Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash
Game Changer
TV • 2019
Self - Guard
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
TV • 2020
Neighbour / Ginger / Woman at Fight / SWAT SWAT
Very Important People
TV • 2023
Mother Hot Dog
Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die
TV • 2025
The Blue Giggler
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV • 2026
DoT (voice)
Digman!
TV • 2023
Jaya (voice)