Rekha Shankar

Actor and writer · Born April 3, 1990 (36) · Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA

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.”

Biography from TMDB.

Born: April 3, 1990 (36)
From: Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA
Works as: Actor and writer
Titles: 10 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 5% in 30 days

What are Rekha Shankar's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

33%

Bonds

24%

Morality

24%

Society

14%

Power

Friendship2 Identity2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd

Joyful

Tense

Manic

Cathartic

How their films linger

Fun3 Feel-good2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rekha Shankar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Rekha Shankar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

30 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy(2026)
Show 3 episodes · as DoT (voice)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows
Mountain Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Molly
Te Seguiré a la Oscuridad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
as Leah
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
as Rekha Shankar
Smartypants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Show 40 episodes · Co-Executive Producer · Executive Producer · as Self - Host
Very Important People(2023)
Show 2 episodes · as Mother Hot Dog
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!(2023)
Show 1 episode · as Jeff
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Digman!(2023)
Show 8 episodes · Staff Writer · Writer · as Jaya (voice)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Grand Crew(2021)
Show 10 episodes · Executive Story Editor · Story Editor · Writer
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Hacks(2021)
Show 1 episode · as Victoria
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Ginger · as Neighbour · as Woman At Fight / SWAT SWAT
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Erotic Clubhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 10 episodes · Creator · as Self - Host
Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Self - Host
Ultramechatron Team Go! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 10 episodes · as Sarah · as Sarah / Crab Sarah (voice) / Puppet Sarah (voice)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie(2019)
as Gaya
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Gods of Food (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Customer 1
Kingpin Katie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 4 episodes · as Rekha Shankar
Troopers: Rise of the Budget (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 2 episodes · Writer
Downbeat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 1 episode · as Olivia
WTF 101 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 1 episode · as Sloth (voice)
Erotic Book Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 16 episodes · Creator · as Self - Host
Ultramechatron Team Go!: The Web Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 4 episodes · as Sarah
Cartoon Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 4 episodes · as Aggmin (voice) · as Aggmin / Joan (voice) · as Camilla (voice) · as Goblina (voice) · as Greta (voice) · as Hashley (voice) · as Mekena (voice) · as Mel (voice) · as Tammy / Keena Left (voice) · as Womantis (voice)
Dimension 20(2018)
Show 10 episodes · as Daisy D’umpstaire · as Katja Cleaver · as Maggie · as Usha Rao / G13
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 2 episodes · Writer · as Billabong Thorton · as Damp Probably · as Dung Beetle · as Felicity Almond · as Fish Tig (Shelby) · as Grizabella Grits · as Mama New Here · as Maximillian Chungus · as P.P. Cocktail · as Potato · as Rekha Shankar · as Scrum Tooterscoots · as Stuart Big · as Susanne Pershing · as Toronto's Onfire
A Message From the CEO (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Show 1 episode · Director · Additional Writing
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Auditionee
Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall(2013)
Show 1 episode · Assistant Editor
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Best Friends Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
Vidhya's Guide to the Afterlife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Writer · as Vidhya

Career shape

Star power in the 24^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 30 titles, 28 of them dated from 2013 to 2026.

Highest rated

Dimension 20 (2018)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

2019Screen debut· Between Two Ferns: The Movie

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting22 of 30 · 78^thDirecting1 of 30Writing7 of 30Producing3 of 30Other crew6 of 30

30 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2010s16 · 11 acting · 7 crew2020s12 · 9 acting · 4 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Rekha Shankar work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rekha Shankar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Schaubach shares the most, 2.