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About Me

Esther K. Chae is an award-winning actor/writer based in Los Angeles and New York. Her work has been performed in the US, Korea, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Italy, Nigeria and Russia. Esther has acted in television shows such as NCIS, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, The West Wing, 24, The Shield; and on theatre stages such as Yale Repertory Theater, La Mama, Mark Taper Forum/ Kirk Douglas Theater, P.S. 122 and Harvard/A.R.T. As a writer, Esther created and performed So the Arrow Flies, her internationally acclaimed solo performance which is currently being adapted for film.

Esther is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama (M.F.A. in Acting), University of Michigan (M.A. in Theater Studies), and Korea University. She was born in Eugene, Oregon, grew up in Seoul, Korea and has traveled all over the world. She has climbed the Indian Himalayas and and Mt. Kilimanjaro where her now husband, Paul von Zielbauer, proposed to her. They live in Santa Monica.

Location:
United States, Valley Village, CA
Current organization:
3 Hearts Production
Current role:
Actor/Writer
Gender:
Female
I am:
Artist, Athlete, Change Agent, Connector, Entrepreneur, Foodie, Global soul, Idea generator, World traveler, Writer/Editor
Languages:
English, Korean
My website links:
www.estherchae.com
Universities:
Yale Drama School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Korea University, Seoul
TED conferences attended:
TEDActive 2013, TEDIndia 2009, TED2009
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An idea worth spreading

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase "each other" doesn't make any sense.

-Rumi

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  • TEDCred score: +85.10 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

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    A reply on Talk: Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

    Apr 18 2011: I could not agree with you more Pang Khee and not surprised that you come from the arts to decipher and breakdown a seemingly obvious rhetoric of moving ppl's emotion to take action. Which does not necessarily equate to true and great leadership. History has shown what happens when that goes horrible wrong per your example. Thank you for taking the time to share your important insights. What one believe is not necessarily the truth. TED fellow Esther Chae

  • A comment on Talk: Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema's top youth orchestra

    Feb 18 2009: Un...believable... Especially the Mexican Dance Song.
    Bravo! Brava! OLE~~~!!!!

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