‘Lioness’ Star/EP Jill Wagner Signs With CESD

Denise Petski

28 January 2025 at 3:52 pm·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Lioness star and executive producer Jill Wagner has signed with CESD for theatrical representation.

Wagner can currently be seen as CIA Spec Ops team leader Bobby in Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness, alongside Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman in the Paramount+ spy thriller series, which wrapped its second season in December. She also serves as an executive producer on the series.

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She previously starred in MTV’s Teen Wolf as Kate Argent, one of the primary antagonists featured throughout the show’s first four seasons, and served as host of Teen Wolf‘s after-show Wolf Watch. She also was cast as the first female regular sketch performer on MTV’s popular television series Punk’d, opposite Ashton Kutcher.

She went on to become a regular in Hallmark Channel movies and mysteries, including Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses; Mystery 101, Hearts of Winter; The Angel Tree; and, A Christmas Miracle for Daisy, a highly-rated movie for the GAC Family network.

Wagner also hosted ABC’s hit reality game show Wipeout for seven seasons as well as INSP TV series Handcrafted America.

On the film side, Wagner made her feature debut in the 2008 horror pic Splinter and more recently starred alongside Jason Momoa in indie film Braven.

Wagner has shown her support for veterans, traveling to different parts of the world, including Afghanistan, to support the troops. She also is actively involved with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and her own charity Jill’s Closet for a Cure, raising money and awareness to help find a cure for the diseases.

Wagner continues to be repped by 3 Arts Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.

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