Acting credits
41
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Rekha Shankar
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 7Series: 38Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 2415233
IMDb ID: nm4363130
Known for: Acting
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2013 - 2026
Years active: 14
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q95014010
Other jobs
Writer (3)Creator (2)Executive Producer (2)Assistant Editor (1)Co-Executive Producer (1)Director (1)Story Editor (1)
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.”
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rekha Shankar.
as Molly
Mountain Friends
2025 • Movie
as Leah
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
2025 • Movie
as Self
Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party
2025 • Movie
as Self
The Candlenights 2024 Special
2024 • Movie
as Rekha Shankar
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
2024 • Movie
as Gaya
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019 • Movie
as Auditionee
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone
2017 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rekha Shankar.
as DoT (voice) • 3 eps
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 • Series
as The Blue Giggler • 1 eps
Smosh Presents: We're All Gonna Die
2025 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
Parlor Room
2025 • Series
as Self - Host • 5 eps
Nobody Asked
2024 • Series
as Self - Judge • 1 eps
Gastronauts
2024 • Series
as Self - Host • 40 eps
Smartypants
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
After Midnight
2024 • Series
as Mother Hot Dog • 2 eps
Very Important People
2023 • Series
as Jeff • 1 eps
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
2023 • Series
as Jaya (voice) • 1 eps
Digman!
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Untitled Improv Project
2022 • Series
as Self - Idiot • 1 eps
Phoning It In
2022 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Dirty Laundry
2022 • Series
Story Editor • 10 eps
Grand Crew
2021 • Series
as Victoria • 1 eps
Hacks
2021 • Series
as Neighbour • 1 eps
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
2020 • Series
as Self - Host • 10 eps
Erotic Clubhouse
2020 • Series
as Self • 30 eps
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
2020 • Series
as Self - Host • 6 eps
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
2019 • Series
as Sarah • 10 eps
Ultramechatron Team Go!
2019 • Series
as Self - Contestant • 16 eps
Game Changer
2019 • Series
as Customer 1 • 1 eps
Gods of Food
2019 • Series
as Rekha Shankar • 4 eps
Kingpin Katie
2019 • Series
Writer • 2 eps
Troopers: Rise of the Budget
2019 • Series