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During the 1993-94 season, Lien was a regular on a sitcom called ''Phenom''. In 1993 she appeared on Adam Sandler's debut comedy album "They're All Gonna Laugh at You" on two tracks. In 1994, she lent her voice to a character in the pilot episode of ''The Critic'' (also featuring the voices of [[Gerrit Graham]] and [[Charles Napier]]) before being cast for the role of Kes on ''Star Trek: Voyager''. Although most of her time was spent on ''Voyager'', she continued to supply her voice to various animated shows, including ''Duckman'' (with ''Voyager'' guest star [[Jason Alexander]] voicing the title role), ''The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest'' (with [[John de Lancie]]), and ''Superman'' (along with [[Joanna Cassidy]]). After leaving ''Voyager'' in {{y|1997}}, Lien began lending her voice to Agent Elle (L) on ''Men in Black: The Series'', although she left that series in 2000 (the show ended the following year).
 
During the 1993-94 season, Lien was a regular on a sitcom called ''Phenom''. In 1993 she appeared on Adam Sandler's debut comedy album "They're All Gonna Laugh at You" on two tracks. In 1994, she lent her voice to a character in the pilot episode of ''The Critic'' (also featuring the voices of [[Gerrit Graham]] and [[Charles Napier]]) before being cast for the role of Kes on ''Star Trek: Voyager''. Although most of her time was spent on ''Voyager'', she continued to supply her voice to various animated shows, including ''Duckman'' (with ''Voyager'' guest star [[Jason Alexander]] voicing the title role), ''The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest'' (with [[John de Lancie]]), and ''Superman'' (along with [[Joanna Cassidy]]). After leaving ''Voyager'' in {{y|1997}}, Lien began lending her voice to Agent Elle (L) on ''Men in Black: The Series'', although she left that series in 2000 (the show ended the following year).
   
Lien made her motion picture acting debut in the cult 1998 comedy ''SLC Punk!'', which co-starred ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' guest actor [[Christopher McDonald]]. That same year, she was seen in the acclaimed ''American History X'', a drama which also starred ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Avery Brooks]]. Lien also voiced the character of Adult Vitani in the direct-to-video Disney sequel ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''. [[Andy Dick]], [[Michelle Horn]], and [[Jason Marsden]] also supplied voices to this movie, which was also released in 1998.
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Lien made her motion picture acting debut in the cult 1998 comedy ''SLC Punk!'', which co-starred ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' guest actor [[Christopher McDonald]]. That same year, she was seen in the acclaimed ''American History X'', a drama which also starred ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''{{'}}s [[Avery Brooks]]. Lien also voiced the character of Adult Vitani in the direct-to-video Disney sequel ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''. [[Andy Dick]], [[Michelle Horn]], and [[Jason Marsden]] also supplied voices to this movie, which was also released in 1998.
   
 
Since then, Lien has appeared in the 2000 film ''Rubbernecking'' (starring [[Corbin Bernsen]]) and was a producer of the short-lived animated science fiction series ''Battle Force: Andromeda''. Lien also lent her voice to this series, as did fellow ''[[Star Trek]]'' veterans [[Clancy Brown]], [[Kurtwood Smith]], and [[David Warner]].
 
Since then, Lien has appeared in the 2000 film ''Rubbernecking'' (starring [[Corbin Bernsen]]) and was a producer of the short-lived animated science fiction series ''Battle Force: Andromeda''. Lien also lent her voice to this series, as did fellow ''[[Star Trek]]'' veterans [[Clancy Brown]], [[Kurtwood Smith]], and [[David Warner]].

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Jennifer Ann Lien (born 24 August 1974; age 49) is the actress best known for playing Kes the Ocampa during the first three seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. She also appeared as Kes in the first two episodes of season four, "Scorpion, Part II" and "The Gift", although she was credited as a guest star as her departure from the series was already assured. However, she did reprise the role for the sixth season episode "Fury".

Lien was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of three children. At the age of 13, she joined the Illinois Theatre Center, where she performed in productions of William Shakespeare's The Tempest and Othello, among others. At 16, she decided to pursue an acting career in New York, ultimately landing the role of Hannah Moore on the soap opera Another World during the 1991-92 television season (the character returned to the show in 1998, but was played by Blakley Braniff).

In A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager, Stephen Edward Poe states that in 1997, when producers were ironing out the details of the introduction of Seven of Nine, they had already lined up Garrett Wang (Harry Kim) to take the bullet and leave in order to free up enough budget for a new main actor. Then that year, Wang was chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World". Suddenly Wang was in, and Lien was out.

In an article appearing in Star Trek: Communicator issue 134, Lien recalled, "I was on for a few seasons, then they asked me to leave. They decided not to renew my contract. I didn't ask why I was not being renewed, I just said 'okay' and moved on." [1]

During the 1993-94 season, Lien was a regular on a sitcom called Phenom. In 1993 she appeared on Adam Sandler's debut comedy album "They're All Gonna Laugh at You" on two tracks. In 1994, she lent her voice to a character in the pilot episode of The Critic (also featuring the voices of Gerrit Graham and Charles Napier) before being cast for the role of Kes on Star Trek: Voyager. Although most of her time was spent on Voyager, she continued to supply her voice to various animated shows, including Duckman (with Voyager guest star Jason Alexander voicing the title role), The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest (with John de Lancie), and Superman (along with Joanna Cassidy). After leaving Voyager in 1997, Lien began lending her voice to Agent Elle (L) on Men in Black: The Series, although she left that series in 2000 (the show ended the following year).

Lien made her motion picture acting debut in the cult 1998 comedy SLC Punk!, which co-starred Star Trek: The Next Generation guest actor Christopher McDonald. That same year, she was seen in the acclaimed American History X, a drama which also starred Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Avery Brooks. Lien also voiced the character of Adult Vitani in the direct-to-video Disney sequel The Lion King II: Simba's Pride. Andy Dick, Michelle Horn, and Jason Marsden also supplied voices to this movie, which was also released in 1998.

Since then, Lien has appeared in the 2000 film Rubbernecking (starring Corbin Bernsen) and was a producer of the short-lived animated science fiction series Battle Force: Andromeda. Lien also lent her voice to this series, as did fellow Star Trek veterans Clancy Brown, Kurtwood Smith, and David Warner.

Lien is currently married to director Phil Hwang. They have a son, Jonah, born 5 September 2002.

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