Ester Rada

Ester Rada was born in 1985 in Kiryat Arba

Rada was born in 1985 in Kiryat Arba to a religious Ethiopian Jewish family. Her parents came to Israel in Operation Moses. She spoke Amharic at home and Hebrew at school, and the family later moved to Netanya.

In Netanya she studied acting at a youth theater school and sang as a child in a choir. She finished high school at the Eldad school, studying computers and sociology.

In the IDF she served as a singer in a military band. Her music career began during this service.

She began acting in the musical The Troupe at Habima Theatre and won an award for the role. She acted in the TV series Deus, the series The Special and New York, and the film The Kindergarten Teacher. In 2013 she released the EP Life Happens, and in 2014 her first full album, Ester Rada, which reached gold status.

She has performed at festivals in Europe, North America and Australia, including Glastonbury in 2013. In 2025 she took part in the TV show Dancing with the Stars.