Jennifer Ann Lien (born 24 August 1974) is an American actress, best known for playing the alien Kes on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
Jennifer Ann Lien was born on the 24th of August, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois USA. She has an older sister and an older brother. Jennifer knew that she wanted to act from a young age. Encouraged by her English and drama teachers, she began performing in a summer theatre and festivals at the age of 13. She had roles in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and "Othello" before moving on to more contemporary dramatic and musical theater. Jennifer's first appeared in front of the camera playing twins in an industrial film for bubblegum. She made her television debut when she guest starred in an episode of the Oprah Winfrey drama series "Brewster Place" (1990).
Jennifer Ann Lien was born on 24 August 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, as the youngest of 3 children. Encouraged by an English teacher along with a drama teacher, she joined the Illinois Theatre Center by the age of 13. There, she had roles in productions including "The Tempest" and "Othello". Jennifer first appeared in front of the cameras for an industrial film. She moved to New York by the age of 16 and got the part of "Hannah Moore" in the soap "Another World" (1964). Lien also landed roles in "Phenom" (1993) where she played "Roanne", American History X (1998), SLC Punk! (1998), Rubbernecking (2000) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995), but she also did a lot of voice work, which includes Lion King II: Simba's Pride, The (1998) (V), "Men in Black: The Series" (1997) and "Battle Force: Andromeda" (2003). In July 1996, Jennifer made a personal appearance at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois, where her mother, "Delores Lien", teaches classes. She enjoys reading, painting and playing the trombone. Jennifer is married to Phil Hwang and gave birth to a boy named Jonah in 2002.
