Jennifer Lien

Jennifer Ann Lien (born August 24, 1974, hauteur 5' 3" (1,60 m)) is an American actress, best known for playing the alien Kes on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Early life The youngest of three children, Lien was born in Palos Heights, Illinois. Her mother, Delores Lien, ce qui a college formateur. Career Her first television apparence, ce qui a bubblegum advertisement playing twins. Her first appearance on a series, ce qui jouer a music academy étudiant dans les années 1990, dans de episode of Brewster Place mettant en vedette Oprah Winfrey. She provided her voice for the English dubbed version of Baby Blood, a French film d'horreur. Lien landed the series regular role of Hannah Moore on the Another World series en 1991. En 1993, elle est de ce cast as Roanne dans Phenom, a sitcom mettant en vedette Judith Light. That year she donc participated in the recording of Adam Sandler s comedy album They're All Gonna Laugh At You in which she played the part of the Valedictorian on the track "The Buffoon And The Valedictorian", as well as one of the daughters on the track "Oh, maman...". En 1994, elle est de ce cast as Kes on Star Trek: Voyager. Her character is Ocampan, a species that lives for just 8 or 9 years, oms jointures the crew of the starship after it is stranded 75,000 light years from earth. She left the series en 1997, at the same time that Jeri Ryan joined the cast, as Seven of Nine, but guest starred in a few episodes in later seasons. Lien subsequently appeared in the movie American History X as older sister Davina Vinyard côtés d'Edward Norton, s character Derek Vinyard. En 1998, Lien appeared dans SLC Punk! playing Sandy, the wild girlfriend of Matthew Lillard s character Stevo. She also provided her voice for the character of adult Vitani dans The Lion King II: Simba Pride and voiced Agent "L" for the first three seasons of Men in Black: The Series.En 2000, Lien returned for an episode of Star Trek: Voyager entitled "Fury" where she had input to the script. Though Lien welcomed the chance to work with the cast of the show again, she later stated that she ce que disappointed with her performance dans the épisode. Personal life She is married to writer and filmmaker Phil Hwang; their first child, Jonah, was born on le 5 Septembre 2002. Since the birth of her son, Lien has retired from acting and voiceover work; however, she ce que credited as executive producer on her husband's comedy 2008 film Geek Mythology.