Kate Linder is the beautiful and multitalented actress best known for her work on the iconic and long running daytime drama The Young And The Restless as the fantastic Esther Valentine. After achieving the role in 1982, Linder is still a key cast member of the soap opera to this day and 2008 she received a star on the Hollywood walk of fame in recognition of her contribution to the world of acting. Linder has also been elected for two terms as the Television Academy’s Governor of Daytime Programming Peer Group and has served multiple times as a SAG-AFTRA board member.
Linder has always had a keen interest performing, beginning dance classes at just three years old, and after graduating from university, she tok part in theatre productions all over San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles and hitting our TV and cinema screens in a wide array of guest appearances in multi award winning projects such as the films Catillion ’65, Hysteria, Miss Meadows, The Charnel House, Gary Marshall’s Mothers Day, and many more.
Whilst a keen and iconic performer, Linder likes to remain grounded and still retains her job as a flight attendant for United Airlines on the weekends. She is also the celebrity spokesperson for the ALS foundation following her brother in law’s diagnosis. Linder is a very hard working individual, and when not serving food at the Los Angeles mission during the holidays, she makes USO tours visiting troops, or hosts her yearly charity teas to support the Canucks for Kids fund.