[2][3] Her last screen credit was the female lead role of Princess Bella in the 2021 television movie Christmas with a Prince: The Royal Baby, her third appearance in the franchise.

[5] She attended Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School in Ottawa until grade 11 before moving to Toronto when she was sixteen, following her casting in Degrassi: The Next Generation in 2008.

[6] Shankar began her career as a child model and appeared in numerous print advertisements, including a Procter & Gamble billboard in Los Angeles.

In 2008, she debuted as an actress in the popular CTV television series Degrassi, joining the cast as an incoming 9th grade student.

[10] She co-starred alongside Jennifer Stone and Vanessa Morgan in the 2010 children's television film Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars.

[13] On February 22, 2014, they launched Miss Conception, a professional styling and image agency based in Toronto.