"Caretaker" is the series premiere of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. It was first broadcast as a double-length episode on January 16, 1995, as the first telecast of
Voyager actresses, Kate Mulgrew (Janeway), Roxann Dawson (Torres) and Jennifer Lien (Kes) in 1995.
Kes (Star Trek)
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Kes is a fictional character played by Jennifer Lien on the American science-fiction television show Star Trek: Voyager. The series follows the crew of the starship USS Voyager, stranded far from home
Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)
…array to a nearby planet. En route, they encounter Neelix, a space trader eager to assist them in exchange for water and rescuing his companion, the Ocampa Kes, from the violent Kazon that inhabit the planet's surface. Kes' people live in a subterranean complex, cared for by the Caretaker who supplies them…
Jennifer Lien as Kes
One of Kes's costumes along with her wig and ear prosthetics
Critics praised Jennifer Lien (pictured in 1996) for her performance as Kes.