Rekha Shankar

Rekha Shankar

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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.”

Career

2023
DesiQuest
DesiQuest as Laddoo Auntie
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2020
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun as Neighbour
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2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Gaya
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Kingpin Katie
Kingpin Katie as Rekha Shankar
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Dimension 20
Dimension 20 as Maggie
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2021
Adventuring Party
Adventuring Party
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2020
Erotic Clubhouse
Erotic Clubhouse
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2019
Total Forgiveness
Total Forgiveness
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Game Changer
Game Changer
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2020
Erotic Clubhouse
Erotic Clubhouse as Creator
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