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Rekha Shankar
Actor, Director, Editor, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
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
| 2026 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TV Series) · as Dot (voice) |
| 2025 | Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die (TV Series) · as The Blue Giggler |
| 2025 | Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die (TV Series) · as The Blue Giggler |
| 2025 | Maclunkey Treasure Island: A Live Staged Reading of Star Wars - A New Hope · as Death Star Intercom Voice |
| 2025 | Te Seguiré a La Oscuridad · as Leah |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Very Important People (2023) (TV Series) · as Mother Hot Dog |
| 2023 | Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! (TV Series) · as Jeff |
| 2023 | DesiQuest (TV Series) · as Laddoo Auntie |
| 2023 | Digman! (TV Series) · as Jaya (voice) |
| 2021 | Hacks (TV Series) · as Victoria |
| 2020 | The Movie Show (2020) (TV Series) · as Fed Ex Employee |
| 2020 | Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun (TV Series) · as Neighbour / Ginger / Woman At Fight / Swat Swat |
| 2019 | Ultramechatron Team Go! (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 2019 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie · as Gaya |
| 2019 | Gods of Food (TV Series) · as Customer 1 |
| 2019 | WTF 101 (TV Series) · as Sloth (voice) |
| 2018 | Cartoon Hell (TV Series) · as Aggmin (voice) |
| 2018 | Dimension 20 (TV Series) · as Daisy D’umpstaire |
| 2018 | Breaking News (TV Series) · as Stuart Big |
| 2017 | Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone · as Auditionee |
| 2015 | Adam Ruins Everything (TV Series) · as Hiker Jocelyn |
| 2012 | Above Average Presents (TV Series) · as Ellen |
| 2010 | Dorkly Originals (TV Series) · as Customer Service Agent |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor Shorts (TV Series) · as Rekha |






