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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 (Hu…
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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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2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV show DoT (voice)
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2025
Mountain Friends
Movie Molly
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2025
Parlor Room
TV show Self
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2025
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad
Movie Leah
- 2025
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2024
The Candlenights 2024 Special
Movie Self
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2024
Nobody Asked
TV show Self - Host
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2024
Gastronauts
TV show Self - Judge
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2024
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
Movie Rekha Shankar
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2024
Smartypants
TV show Self - Host
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2024
After Midnight
TV show Self
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2023
Very Important People
TV show Mother Hot Dog
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2023
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
TV show Jeff
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2023
DesiQuest
TV show Laddoo Auntie
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2023
Digman!
TV show Jaya (voice)
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2022
Untitled Improv Project
TV show Self
More credits
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2022
Phoning It In
TV show Self - Idiot
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2022
Dirty Laundry
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
Grand Crew
TV show Story Editor
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2021
Artists On Artists On Artists On Artists
TV show Kelsey Mumpalo
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2021
Hacks
TV show Victoria
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2020
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
TV show Neighbour
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2020
Erotic Clubhouse
TV show Self - Host
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2020
Dimension 20's Adventuring Party
TV show Self
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2019
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati?
TV show Self - Host
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2019
Ultramechatron Team Go!
TV show Sarah
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2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Movie Gaya
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2019
Game Changer
TV show Self - Contestant
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2019
Gods of Food
TV show Customer 1
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2019
Kingpin Katie
TV show Rekha Shankar
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2019
Troopers: Rise of the Budget
TV show Writer
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2019
Downbeat
TV show Olivia
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2019
The Rank Room
TV show Self
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2019
Total Forgiveness
TV show Self
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2019
WTF 101
TV show Sloth (voice)
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2018
Erotic Book Club
TV show Self - Host
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2018
Adventuring Academy
TV show Self
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2018
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series
TV show Sarah
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2018
Um, Actually...
TV show Self - Contestant
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2018
Cartoon Hell
TV show Greta (voice)
