Jennifer Lien: What happened to her?
While I was reading Samurai Frog's break down of the last season of
Star Trek Voyager. I got to thinking about the lovely and talented
Jennifer Lien. She was amazing as the bright eyed Kes on Voy. And
there was potential for her to move into bigger and greater roles.
She actually had talent that wasn't based on her body, which is a
contrast to 7 of 9. 7 of 9 was a good character, but they kept
shoving her assets into our faces and she became T&A mascot for
the network, and I find that sad.
Jennifer Lien had
so much more to offer.
When they added
Borg Miss Big Boobs to the show, they had to get rid of an extra
character. The ax came down to Garrett
Wang or Jennifer Lien. They almost fired Wang because he got a
lot of press for misbehaving on set and off set. However
People Magazine featured him as one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People in the World story.
Lien was fired instead.
From
Memory Alpha, ((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. ))
I personally think she was very hurt by her firing, which explains
why she pretty much hung up her acting career. It doesn't help your
confidence when someone less talented obtains or replaces you. I've
been passed over for a promotion years ago with someone less talented
and it still has me bitter about the company.
She did in fact do some voice work in animated shows, and could have
made a good career out of it. But, she turned away from Hollywood.
However,
Lien did make this statement about her time there years later and
turning from an actress to a mother. From
Trek Movie.com, ((I
had a good time. It went on after I left and continued, but my time
was great. I have no complaints. I have no regrets. Everything worked
out the way it should have. Everything happens for a reason. So I
don’t look back and say it should have been like this or it should
have been like that. I’m perfectly at peace and content with my
life. I don’t live in the past and I don’t wish anything were
different.
))
She's
at peace today, but I wonder if her firing harmed her in long run.
She did a couple seasons of Men
in Black: The Series
and that was pretty much it. Plus, having her fired probably brought
that heat onto Jeri Ryan, which I mentioned before. Even Braga
mentioned some of this heat, despite the fact he started to bang
Ryan.
From
Memory Alpha, (("I
will say that there were definitely uncomfortable feelings among the
cast, which is totally understandable. We let Jennifer Lien go, and
brought someone new on [namely, Jeri Ryan], and that's bound to cause
some unsettled feelings. There were rough spots here and there, but
it's nothing worth noting. Everyone was very professional."
(Cinefantastique,
Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 78)
))
Well,
yeah rough spots in the fact that
Kate Mulgrew
wasn't that welcoming to having
Ryan on board.
It
would be interesting to see where Lien would be if she stayed on the
show for the 7 years.
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6 comments:
"She's at peace today..." - Nyah, doesn't look like it:
http://tennessee.arrests.org/Arrests/Jennifer_Lien_8126433/
Living in Tennessee, overweight, washed up acting career, violently argumentative - if that isn't a downward spiral, I haven't seen one.
wow, I guess the rumors of her drug habit were sort of true.
I am going to have to look up more info on this arrest.
Thanks for the info
Funny how people feel the need to comment on other peoples' spirals. I'd rather be a "has been" actor than a "never was" internet troll.
Jennifer Lein?
You are stupid... as public figure and one who play a character on a big franchise as ST is your life is going to be observed and people is going to talk because we as fans like the connection to the memories of the show, unfortunately here looks like she move from a posible successfully carrier to the dark place
Last I read she left acting on purpose back in 2003, then pursued a medical career later on after having a family and such.
Not everyone sticks with acting, I'm sure she could have if she wanted to, even if there was a drug issue or anything like that. Most actors are on drugs in one form or another. I don't think that would have made a difference.
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