Directed credits
1
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Rekha Shankar
Acting
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 1All crew 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
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Writer (3)Creator (2)Executive Producer (2)Assistant Editor (1)Co-Executive Producer (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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as Victoria • 1 eps
Hacks
2021 • Series
as Maggie • 6 eps
Dimension 20
2018 • Series
Co-Executive Producer • 9 eps
Smartypants
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
After Midnight
2024 • Series
as Self - Contestant • 16 eps
Game Changer
2019 • Series
as Self • 30 eps
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
2020 • Series
as Self - Contestant • 5 eps
Um, Actually...
2018 • Series
as Mother Hot Dog • 2 eps
Very Important People
2023 • Series
Writer • 2 eps
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018 • Series
as DoT (voice) • 3 eps
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Adventuring Academy
2018 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Dirty Laundry
2022 • Series
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Rekha Shankar.
Co-Executive Producer • 9 eps
Smartypants
2024 • Series
Writer • 3 eps
Digman!
2023 • Series
Story Editor • 10 eps
Grand Crew
2021 • Series
Creator • 10 eps
Erotic Clubhouse
2020 • Series
Executive Producer • 6 eps
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
2019 • Series
Executive Producer • 6 eps
Gods of Food
2019 • Series
Writer • 2 eps
Troopers: Rise of the Budget
2019 • Series
Creator
Erotic Book Club
2018 • Series
Writer • 2 eps
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom
2018 • Series
Assistant Editor • 1 eps
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall
2013 • Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for 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
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for 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