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Rekha Shankar

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Rekha Shankar

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Born April 3, 1990Age 36

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Rekha Shankar is an American comedian, actress and writer whose sketch career includes CollegeHumor. Her appearances in the archive include Snapchat in The Internet Goes Trick-or-Treating and a role in The True Meaning of Christmas. She joined CollegeHumor in 2017 and became head writer of its original comedy videos.

A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Shankar also performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and wrote for Reductress and MTV’s Decoded. Her work with Dropout includes creating the food-documentary parody Gods of Food, appearing in Dimension 20 and Game Changer, and hosting the comedy-presentation series Smartypants.

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