Rekha Shankar

Acting

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.”

Known for

7.5

Hacks

2021 · Series · Victoria

5.5

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

2026 · Series · DoT (voice)

7.3

Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun

2020 · Series · Neighbour / Ginger / Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT

6.2

Digman!

2023 · Series · Jaya (voice)

9.1

Dimension 20

2018 · Series · Maggie / Daisy D’umpstaire / Katja Cleaver / Usha Rao / G13

7.8

Very Important People

2023 · Series · Mother Hot Dog

8.0

Ultramechatron Team Go!

2019 · Series · Sarah / Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)

8.8

Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

2018 · Series · 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

5.9

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

2019 · Gaya

5.2

Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone

2017 · Auditionee

8.2

WTF 101

2019 · Series · Sloth (voice)

7.7

Cartoon Hell

2018 · Series · Greta (voice) / Goblina (voice) / Hashley (voice) / Aggmin (voice) / Mekena (voice) / Aggmin / Joan (voice) / Tammy / Keena Left (voice) / Camilla (voice) / Womantis (voice) / Mel (voice)