Years active 2002 – present Role Comedian | Name Esther Ku Subject(s) Asian culture | |
Medium Stand-up comedy, Television Similar People Jim Norton, Doug Benson, Carly Aquilino, April Rose, Alice Wetterlund Profiles | ||
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Esther Mary Ku (February 17, 1980) is an American comedian and television personality. Ku was a cast member on the MTV shows Girl Code and Wild 'N Out.
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The Artie Lange Show - Esther Ku (in-studio) Part 1
Background
The daughter of Korean Christian missionaries, Ku was born in Chicago in the 1980s. She worked as a traveling sales representative for Sharpie and claims that she was fired for laughing too much. She claimed that she was using this trainee position as a way for her to explore doing comedy while on the road.
Career
Ku was a cast member on the MTV show Girl Code. Ku also became a cast member on the sixth season of Wild 'N Out on MTV2. In 2008, Ku competed on the sixth season of Last Comic Standing, where she finished in eleventh place. She was selected for NBC's Stand-up for Diversity Showcase in 2006. In 2011, Ku MCed an Asian Heritage show in New York which also featured Jenny Choi and Peelander-Z. In 2015, Ku played the role of Tracy on The Jack and Triumph Show, which was cancelled after seven episodes. Ku was featured as a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on July 29, 2015. Ku is a cast member on an all female sketch show on Go90.com called Sorry Not Sorry.
