does not follow Wikipedia's guidelines on the use of different tenses. Please consider copy editing to past. Jennifer Lien Born Jennifer Ann Lien August 24, 1974 (1974-08-24) (age 36) Palos Heights, Illinois, U.S.A. Spouse Phil Hwang 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..