Jill Wagner - Biography

Who is Jill Wagner?

Jill Wagner is an actress, model, and game show host by profession and American by nationality. She is well known for hosting ABC comic competition show Wipeout and starring in Teen Wolf and numerous Hallmark films.

Jill Wagner – Age, Parents, Siblings, 

Jill Wagner’s birth took place on January 13, 1979, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. She was born Jill Suzanne Wagner to her father David Wagner. Although details of her mother are not known, it has been widely shared that her mother died shortly after giving birth to her.

She is not the only child of her parents and has a sibling, an older brother Brandon Wagner. Wagner was raised by her father and grandparents, who had both several in the U.S. military. 

Education, Ethnicity

For education Jill Wagner attended Ledford Senior High School, graduating from the same. She went on to study at North Carolina State University, where she graduated in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in business management. In her teen years, she also attended and graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School.

She is of Caucasian ethnicity.

Jill Wagner – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

Jill Wagner married her longtime boyfriend David Lemanowicz on 8 April 2017. Lemanowicz is a former pro hockey player and had gotten engaged in 2016. Before him, she had dated Jay Gordon from 2001 to 2005. 

In November 2019, she announced on social media that she and her husband are expecting their first child together which is due in April 2020. The couple welcomed their daughter Army Gray Lemanowicz on April 17, 2020. They became parents for the second time on August 19, 2022, as she gave birth to a daughter Daisy Roberta Lemanowicz.

Through her marriage to David Lemanowicz, she became stepmother to Lemanowicz's daughter Lija (born in 2010) from previous relationships. Currently, the couple is happily married and is living without rumors of extra-marital affairs and divorce.

David Lemanowicz, Jill Wagner with daughters (Image: Instagram - July 2022)

Jill Wagner – Career

Early Career

After graduation, Wagner moved to California to further her modeling career instead of going into business. And in 2003 she was selected as a cast member on MTV’s Punk'd. Just a year later in 2004 she was ranked #90 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women and was featured in Stuff magazine, and FHM magazine.

From 2005 to 2011, Jill Wagner worked as Ford Motor Company's Mercury brand spokesmodel with appearances in TV ads. She went on to co-host Inside the Vault (2011), Wipeout (2008-2011, 2013-2014), and Handcrafted America (2015-2017).

Films, Series

In 2011, she took a break from hosting Wipeout to focus on her acting career. As an actress, Jill Wagner has had appearances in films Junebug (2005), Splinter (2008), Road to Paloma (2014), and Braven (2018), among others.

Moreover, Wagner has portrayed characters in the TV series Blade: The Series (2006), and Teen Wolf (2011, 2014, 2017). Jill Wagner has also starred in numerous Hallmark TV films including Christmas Cookies (2016), A Harvest Wedding (2017), Pearl In Paradise (2018), Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (2018), Mystery 101 (2019), Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses (2019).

Co-stars

On Mystery 101, Jill Wagner co-starred with Kristoffer Polaha, Preston Vanderslice, Sarah Dugdale, Louriza Tronco, and Iain Belcher.

Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha on Mystery 101 (Image: TV Insider)

Jill Wagner – Net Worth, Salary

Her net worth has been estimated at $4 million while the figure on her annual salary has not been publicized.

Jill Wagner – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, Jill Wagner is active with several hundred thousand followers and counting.