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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Filmography

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Hacks

Hacks

2021Series
7.4
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After Midnight

After Midnight

2024Series
5.5
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Dimension 20

Dimension 20

2018Series
9.2
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

2026Series
5.4
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Digman!

Digman!

2023Series
6.1
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Game Changer

Game Changer

2019Series
8.2
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Um, Actually...

Um, Actually...

2018Series
9.5
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Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom

2018Series
8.8
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Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry

2022Series
7.6
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Very Important People

Very Important People

2023Series
7.6
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Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!

Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!

2023Series0
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Dimension 20's Adventuring Party

Dimension 20's Adventuring Party

2020Series
8.8