Kate Linder was cast as Esther Valentine on The Young and the Restless over 42 years ago in April 1982. She remains a key member of the top-rated daytime drama's cast. On April 10, 2008, Linder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Linder was elected to two terms as the Television Academy's Governor of Daytime Programming Peer Group and was elected to multiple terms as a SAG-AFTRA board member. Linder's feature film credits include Hysteria, Erased, Miss Meadows, Garry Marshall's Mother's Day, Voice from the Stone, The Charnel House, and she's also one of the leads in Charlie Matthau's upcoming Book of Leah and Echo Boomers.