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Rekha Shankar

Rekha Shankar

Actor

IMDb

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.”

Acted in 23

2010s

  1. 2019

    Ultramechatron Team Go!

    Sarah, Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice) · 10 episodes

  2. Between Two Ferns: The Movie

    Gaya

    63

  3. Gods of Food

    Customer 1 · 1 episode

  4. Kingpin Katie

    Rekha Shankar · 4 episodes

  5. Downbeat

    Olivia · 1 episode

  6. WTF 101

    Sloth (voice) · 1 episode

  7. 2018

    Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series

    Sarah · 4 episodes

  8. Cartoon Hell

    Womantis (voice), Aggmin (voice), Mel (voice), Camilla (voice), Greta (voice), Hashley (voice), Tammy / Keena Left (voice), Mekena (voice), Goblina (voice), Aggmin / Joan (voice) · 1 episode

  9. Dimension 20

    Maggie, Daisy D’umpstaire, Katja Cleaver, Usha Rao / G13 · 6 episodes

    92

  10. Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

    Scrum Tooterscoots, Susanne Pershing, Toronto's Onfire, Billabong Thorton, Maximillian Chungus, Potato, Damp Probably, Felicity Almond, P.P. Cocktail, Grizabella Grits, Mama New Here, Dung Beetle, Fish Tig (Shelby), Stuart Big, Rekha Shankar · 1 episode

    77
  11. 2017

    Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone

    Auditionee

Wrote 6

2010s

  1. 2019

    Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?

    Writer

  2. Gods of Food

    Writer

  3. Troopers: Rise of the Budget

    Writer

  4. 2018

    Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

    Writer

    77

Created 4

2020s

  1. 2020

    Erotic Clubhouse

    Creator

2010s

  1. 2019

    Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?

    Creator

  2. Gods of Food

    Creator

  3. 2018

    Erotic Book Club

    Creator

Other crew 3

2020s

  1. 2020

    Erotic Clubhouse

    Creator

2010s

  1. 2019

    Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?

    Creator

  2. 2018

    A Message From the CEO

    Additional Writing

Produced 3

2010s

  1. 2019

    Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?

    Executive Producer

  2. Gods of Food

    Executive Producer

Directed 1

2010s

  1. 2018

    A Message From the CEO

    Director

Edited 1

Appearances21

2020s

  1. 2025

    Parlor Room

    Self · 5 episodes

  2. Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party

    Self

  3. 2024

    The Candlenights 2024 Special

    Self

  4. Nobody Asked

    Self - Host · 5 episodes

  5. Gastronauts

    Self - Judge · 1 episode

  6. Smartypants

    Self - Host · 40 episodes

    78

  7. After Midnight

    Self · 1 episode

  8. 2022

    Untitled Improv Project

    Self · 1 episode

  9. Phoning It In

    Self - Idiot · 1 episode

  10. Make Some Noise

    Self - Player · 1 episode

    87

  11. Dirty Laundry

    Self - Guest · 2 episodes

    78
  12. 2020

    Erotic Clubhouse

    Self - Host · 10 episodes

  13. Dimension 20's Adventuring Party

    Self · 30 episodes

2010s

  1. 2019

    Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?

    Self - Host · 6 episodes

  2. Game Changer

    Self - Contestant, Self (archive footage), Self - Jury Member, Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash, Self - Guard · 16 episodes

    90

  3. The Rank Room

    Self · 2 episodes

  4. Total Forgiveness

    Self · 8 episodes

  5. 2018

    Erotic Book Club

    Self - Host · 16 episodes

  6. Adventuring Academy

    Self · 2 episodes

  7. Um, Actually...

    Self - Contestant · 5 episodes

  8. The Rank Room: The Web Series

    Self · 2 episodes