Jill Wagner

Biography

Jill Suzanne Wagner is an American actress and television personality. She was the on-field host for the ABC game show Wipeout from 2008 to 2014. Since then, Wagner has starred in several made-for-television films for the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She stars as Bobby in the Paramount+ spy series Special Ops: Lioness (2023).

Wagner was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was raised primarily by her father, David Wagner, a U.S. Marine, and her grandmother. She attended Ledford Senior High School in Wallburg, North Carolina. Wagner went to North Carolina State University graduating in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. During her teens, she trained at Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Raleigh.

In April 2017, Wagner married Canadian former minor league (including AHL, CHL) ice hockey player David Lemanowicz, after they had announced their engagement earlier in 2016.