Jennifer Ann Lien (born August 24, 1974) 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, was a college teacher.

Career

Her first television appearance was in a bubblegum advertisement playing twins. Her first appearance on a series was playing a music academy student in 1990 in an episode of Brewster Place starring Oprah Winfrey. She provided her voice for the dubbed English version of Baby Blood, a French horror film. Lien landed the series regular role of Hannah Moore on the series Another World in 1991.

In 1993, she was cast as Roanne in Phenom, a sitcom starring Judith Light. That year she also 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, mom...".

In 1994, she was cast as Kes on Star Trek: Voyager. Her character is Ocampan, a species that lives for just 8 or 9 years, who joins the crew of the starship after it is stranded 75,000 light-years from earth.

She left the series in 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 alongside Edward Norton's character Derek Vinyard. In 1998, Lien appeared in SLC Punk! playing Sandy, the wild girlfriend of Matthew Lillard's character Stevo. She also provided her voice for the character of adult Vitani in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and voiced Agent "L" for the first three seasons of Men in Black: The Series.In 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 was disappointed with her performance in the episode.

Personal life

She is married to writer and filmmaker Phil Hwang; their first child, Jonah, was born on September 5, 2002. Since the birth of her son, Lien has retired from acting and voiceover work; however, she was credited as executive producer on her husband's comedy 2008 film Geek Mythology.

詹妮弗·林（Jennifer Ann Lien，1974年8月24日-）是一位美国女演员，因在电视连续剧《星际迷航：航海家》中扮演外星人凯斯而闻名。

早年生活

连是三个孩子中最小的一个，出生在伊利诺伊州的帕洛斯高地。她的母亲德洛丽丝·连（Delores Lien）是一名大学教师。

生涯

她第一次在电视上露面是在泡泡糖广告中扮演双胞胎。她第一次出现在电视剧中是在 1990 年由奥普拉·温弗瑞主演的布鲁斯特广场一集中扮演一名音乐学院的学生。她为法国恐怖片《婴儿之血》的英文配音。Lien 于 1991 年在《另一个世界》系列中饰演汉娜·摩尔 （Hannah Moore） 的常规角色。

1993年，她在朱迪思·莱特（Judith Light）主演的情景喜剧《飞鸿》（Phenom）中饰演罗安妮（Roanne）。那一年，她还参加了亚当·桑德勒（Adam Sandler）的喜剧专辑《他们都会嘲笑你》（They're All Going to Laugh At You）的录制，其中她在曲目“The Buffoon And The Valedictorian”中扮演了告别演说者的角色，以及“哦，妈妈......”曲目中的一个女儿。

1994年，她在《星际迷航：航海家》中饰演凯斯。她的角色是奥坎潘，一个只活了 8 或 9 年的物种，在星际飞船搁浅在距离地球 75,000 光年后加入了船员。

她于 1997 年离开了该系列，同时杰里·瑞安 （Jeri Ryan） 加入了演员阵容，饰演 Seven of Nine，但在后来的几季中客串出演了几集。

连随后出现在电影《美国历史X》中，与爱德华·诺顿（Edward Norton）饰演的角色德里克·文亚德（Derek Vinyard）一起饰演姐姐戴维娜·文亚德（Davina Vinyard）。1998年，连出现在SLC Punk！扮演桑迪，马修·利拉德饰演的角色斯蒂沃的狂野女友。她还为《狮子王II：辛巴的骄傲》中的成年维塔尼角色配音，并为《黑衣人：Series.In》的前三季为特工“L”配音 2000 年，Lien 回归了《星际迷航：航海家》的一集名为“Fury”，在那里她为剧本提供了意见。尽管连很高兴有机会再次与该剧的演员合作，但她后来表示她对自己在剧集中的表现感到失望。

个人生活

她嫁给了作家兼电影制片人 Phil Hwang;他们的第一个孩子约拿出生于2002年9月5日。自从儿子出生后，连就从演艺和配音工作中退休了;然而，她被认为是她丈夫 2008 年喜剧电影《极客神话》的执行制片人。