
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.”
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Films
67
TV Shows
6
Crew Credits
Known For
73 Credits
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
as DoT (voice)
2026

After Midnight
as Self
2024

Dimension 20
as Maggie
2018

Dimension 20
as Daisy D’umpstaire
2018

Dimension 20
as Katja Cleaver
2018

Dimension 20
as Usha Rao / G13
2018

Hacks
as Victoria
2021

Game Changer
as Self - Contestant
2019

Game Changer
as Self (archive footage)
2019

Game Changer
as Self - Jury Member
2019

Game Changer
as Self - Contestant / Team 2 Car Wash
2019

Game Changer
as Self - Guard
2019





