Jennifer Lien
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Jennifer Ann Lien (born 24 August 1974) is an American actress, best known as the alien Kes on the television series .
The youngest of three children, Lien was born in Illinois. Lien moved to New York to pursue an acting career at the age of 16 and landed the role of Hannah Moore on the series Another World in 1991. In 1995, she was cast as the Ocampa alien Kes on Star Trek: Voyager, although she was let go from the series after the third season. Her departure coincided with the casting of Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine and it is speculated that the producers felt the new character was more worthy of exploration. Following her departure from Voyager, she appeared in the films American History X and SLC Punk!.
She is allergic to spirit gum adhesive, which is commonly used in affixing special effects prosthetics, a major factor in her departure from Star Trek: Voyager.
She is married to Phil Hwang; their first child, Jonah, was born on September 5, 2002.
External links
- article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
| Kate Mulgrew | Robert Beltran | Tim Russ | Robert Duncan McNeill | Roxann Dawson | Garrett Wang | Robert Picardo | Ethan Phillips | Jeri Ryan | Jennifer Lien | |||
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