Katharine Wagner (born May 11, 1964) is an American television personality and Hollywood reporter. She is best known for her 2002–2004 stint as the hostess for

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Early life

Wagner was born in

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. Her parents are actress

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and actor

Robert Wagner Robert John Wagner Jr. (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor of stage, screen, and television. He is known for starring in the television shows '' It Takes a Thief'' (1968–1970), ''Switch'' (1975–1978), and ''Hart to Hart'' (1979– ...

, who divorced in 1971. On her mother's side she has two older half-brothers,

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and Peter Donen. On her father's side, she has a younger half-sister, Courtney Wagner. She has a stepsister,

Natasha Gregson Wagner Natasha Gregson Wagner ( Gregson; born September 29, 1970) is an American actress. She is the daughter of film producer Richard Gregson and actress Natalie Wood. She has appeared in films including '' Lost Highway'' (1997), ''Two Girls and a Guy ...

, from her father's marriage to

Natalie Wood Natalie Wood ( Zacharenko; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring r ...

. Her stepmother is

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. Wood was her stepmother from July 1972 until her death on November 29, 1981. Wagner graduated from

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in 1982 and attended

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for a semester. After

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of college, she dabbled in modeling, which allowed her to live in

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and

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. She received a break in 1987 when she and her father were featured on the TV show ''Born Famous,'' when the show's host asked her what she hoped to do for a living, and she answered, "I would like to do what you do."

Career

Wagner's first media job was for the

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special ''M & W'' on

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, for which she interviewed

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and his wife,

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. This resulted in a two-and-a-half-year run at the Movietime Cable Network (Now E! Network). She went on to work at

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, V, and

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. At MTV, she guest-hosted from both coasts. She also co-hosted '' Awake on the Wildside'', filled in for Chris Connelly on ''The Big Picture'', and introduced videos at night. For two years, she co-hosted an international entertainment show called ''

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'' with Richard Jobson on

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in Great Britain. The show was seen in 11 countries. Wagner then co-hosted 22 episodes of '' Live From the House of Blues'' on TBS. She joined

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for the final two seasons of ''

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'' as co host and contributing reporter. She was asked to narrate and co-produce '' Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood'', about her late stepmother. With the permission and cooperation of her family, Wagner shared private details of Wood's life for the first time. In 1999, she began working for the

. Her hosting duties included ''Music News'', ''TV Talk'', ''Family Do's and Don'ts'', and '' What's On''. In 2004, after 5½ years, she left the TV Guide Channel to do her own show. Later that year, she played a news reporter in the ''

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'' episode, " Styx Feet Under" and was a guest star on the talk show, ''

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''. In 2005, Wagner was host of

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show, ''

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''. She currently hosts an online radio show with psychic medium "Voxx" at The JOINT Studios called ''Inner View with Katie & Voxx''.

Personal life

Wagner dated

Julian Lennon Julian Charles John Lennon (born John Charles Julian Lennon; 8 April 1963) is an English musician. He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, and he is named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon. Julian in ...

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Richard Grieco Richard John Grieco Jr. (born March 23, 1965) is an American actor and former fashion model. He played Detective Dennis Booker in the popular Fox series ''21 Jump Street'' (1988–89) and its spin-off ''Booker'' (1989–90). He has also starre ...

, and Steve Jones, and had a broken engagement with William Berretta. On September 21, 2006, she gave birth to her only child, Riley John Wagner-Lewis. She married her boyfriend, Leif Lewis, in July 2007.

References

External links

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Katie Wagner
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