2019Nominee
Best Performance
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Rekha Shankar
Actor · Writer
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2024Nominee
Best Performance
The Candlenights 2024 Special
2024Nominee
Best Performance
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Performance
Katie and Erika Throw The Perfect (Valentine’s Day) Party
2025Highlight
Best Performance
Mountain Friends
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Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson