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Rekha Shankar is from Philadelphia, PA. She’s 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, as Cupid in a Hershey’s commercial, and in a Zelle ad with Christina Ricci. 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.”
If you feel good about it, check out her videos and writing.
And for more, contact her!
