Rekha Shankar

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Rekha Shankar
Alma mater New York University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • writer
Years active2014–present
Website www.rekhashankar.com

Rekha Shankar is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is known for her writing and performing work with Dropout (previously CollegeHumor).

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Career

Shankar grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University. [1] She initially worked as an editor before moving into comedy. [2] While in New York, Shankar performed improvisational comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, wrote for the MTV News web series Decoded and the satirical website Reductress , and appeared in web videos for ClickHole and Funny or Die. She was in a sketch group, DUMB video, that made YouTube videos. [3] In 2016, she created the web series Hustle, supported by crowdfunding on Kickstarter, which portrayed the life of struggling freelancers as a video game. [4]

Shankar was hired by the comedy company CollegeHumor in 2017. [5] She moved to Los Angeles and became the head writer for the company's CollegeHumor Originals web series. [2] CollegeHumor rebranded over time into the streaming service Dropout; Shankar has appeared in Dropout series such as the actual play show Dimension 20 and the game show Game Changer . [6] [7] In 2019, she created the Dropout miniseries Gods of Food, a parody of the Netflix food documentary series Chef's Table . [8] She has hosted Dropout shows such as Celebrity Slumber Party in 2018, Erotic Clubhouse in 2020, and Smartypants in 2024, in which performers put on comedy PowerPoint presentations. [9] [10]

Shankar played a small role in Netflix's Between Two Ferns: The Movie , released in 2019, and wrote for the Netflix series Magic for Humans and Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show . [11] [12] She appeared in an episode of the HBO show Hacks in 2021. [13] She later wrote for shows such as NBC's Grand Crew and Comedy Central's Digman! [9]

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