12 Facts About Jennifer Lien

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Jennifer Anne Lien was born on August 24,1974 and is an American former actress known for playing the alien Kes on the television series Star Trek: Voyager.

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Jennifer Lien moved to New York in 1991 after she was cast as Hannah Moore on the soap opera Another World.

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Jennifer Lien attended and graduated from the Professional Children's School while working on this series.

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In 1993, Jennifer Lien was cast as Roanne in Phenom, a sitcom starring Judith Light.

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In 1994, Jennifer Lien was cast as Kes on Star Trek: Voyager.

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Jennifer Lien's character is an Ocampan, a species in the Star Trek universe that lives for only eight to nine years, who joins the starship's crew after it is stranded 70,000 light-years from Earth.

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Jennifer Lien was replaced by a new character, Seven of Nine, played by Jeri Ryan.

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In 2000, Jennifer Lien returned as a guest actor for a season six episode titled "Fury".

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Jennifer Lien voiced Agent "L" for the first three seasons of Men in Black: The Animated Series and the first seven episodes of the 2000 season.

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Jennifer Lien has attended science fiction conventions in relation to her role as Kes when she was working on Voyager and after her film career ended.

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Jennifer Lien is married to writer and filmmaker Phil Hwang; their son, Jonah, was born on September 5,2002.

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Between 2015 and 2018, Jennifer Lien was arrested and charged with a variety of offenses, of which several charges were later dropped.