Rekha Shankar
Rekha Shankar

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.”

TV Shows Directed (1)
TV Shows as Actor (34)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

as DoT (voice)

Jan 15, 2026

Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die

Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die

as The Blue Giggler

Jul 29, 2025

Parlor Room

Parlor Room

as Self

Apr 18, 2025

Nobody Asked

Nobody Asked

as Self - Host

Nov 29, 2024

Gastronauts

Gastronauts

as Self - Judge

Oct 11, 2024

Smartypants

Smartypants

as Self - Host

Apr 25, 2024

After Midnight

After Midnight

as Self

Jan 17, 2024

Very Important People

Very Important People

as Mother Hot Dog

Dec 15, 2023

Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!

Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!

as Jeff

Nov 16, 2023

Digman!

Digman!

as Jaya (voice)

Mar 22, 2023

Untitled Improv Project

Untitled Improv Project

as Self

Nov 12, 2022

Phoning It In

Phoning It In

as Self - Idiot

Aug 27, 2022

Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry

as Self - Guest

Apr 11, 2022

Hacks

Hacks

as Victoria

May 13, 2021

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

as Neighbour, Ginger, Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT

Nov 11, 2020

Erotic Clubhouse

Erotic Clubhouse

as Self - Host

Jun 24, 2020

Dimension 20's Adventuring Party

Dimension 20's Adventuring Party

as Self

Apr 8, 2020

Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?

Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?

as Self - Host

Dec 13, 2019

Ultramechatron Team Go!

Ultramechatron Team Go!

as Sarah, Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)

Oct 3, 2019

Game Changer

Game Changer

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

Sep 20, 2019

Gods of Food

Gods of Food

as Customer 1

Aug 8, 2019

Kingpin Katie

Kingpin Katie

as Rekha Shankar

Jun 10, 2019

Downbeat

Downbeat

as Olivia

Mar 24, 2019

The Rank Room

The Rank Room

as Self

Mar 7, 2019

Total Forgiveness

Total Forgiveness

as Self

Feb 6, 2019

WTF 101

WTF 101

as Sloth (voice)

Jan 7, 2019

Erotic Book Club

Erotic Book Club

as Self - Host

Dec 29, 2018

Adventuring Academy

Adventuring Academy

as Self

Dec 19, 2018

Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series

Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series

as Sarah

Nov 27, 2018

Um, Actually...

Um, Actually...

as Self - Contestant

Sep 28, 2018

Cartoon Hell

Cartoon Hell

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

Sep 26, 2018

Dimension 20

Dimension 20

as Maggie, Daisy D’umpstaire, Katja Cleaver, Usha Rao / G13

Sep 19, 2018

The Rank Room: The Web Series

The Rank Room: The Web Series

as Self

Jul 12, 2018

Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

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

Jul 7, 2018