{"id":856,"date":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/09\/all-about-lioness-star-jill-wagners-husband-and-daughters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:22:58","slug":"all-about-lioness-star-jill-wagners-husband-and-daughters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/08\/09\/all-about-lioness-star-jill-wagners-husband-and-daughters\/","title":{"rendered":"All About \u201cLioness\u201d Star Jill Wagner\u2019s Husband and Daughters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Wagner lives with her husband, David Lemanowicz, and their children at a farmhouse in Tennessee<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/M7om75Mii7zHZRndP2wPIQrVnnE=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/jill-wagner-david-lemanowicz-daughters-080326-2c4fa32e8c71452eab17cff0daf32156.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz at the \u2018Lioness\u2019 premiere in October 2024; Jill Wagner and her daughtersCredit: Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic; Jill Wagner\/Instagram\" title=\"Jill Wagner, David Lemanowicz arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount+ Original Series \" \/><figcaption><i>Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz at the \u2018Lioness\u2019 premiere in October 2024; Jill Wagner and her daughters<br \/>Credit: Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic; Jill Wagner\/Instagram<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jill Wagner, who was raised in a military family, helped pitch <em>Lioness<\/em> because of her admiration for the military<\/li>\n<li>The actress\u2019 husband, David Lemanowicz, also serves in the military as a U.S. Army Reserve Major<\/li>\n<li>She and Lemanowicz live in a renovated farmhouse in Tennessee with their daughters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kristoffer-polaha-and-jill-wagner-reveal-hallmarks-mystery-101-series-is-done-but-tease-new-project-7485055\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Jill Wagner<\/a> may star in one of the most popular television shows at the moment, but she prefers a life off-the-grid.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lioness-season-3-episodes-release-schedule-12028934\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\"><em>Lioness<\/em><\/a> actress stars in the Paramount+ thriller series as Bobby, the team leader of the Lioness program \u2014 which is an undercover group of female operatives within the CIA. The show is personal for Wagner, because she was raised in a military family and brought the idea to <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/taylor-sheridan-11708308\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"null\">Taylor Sheridan<\/a>, who is also her former acting coach.<\/p>\n<p>Wagner was further inspired by her husband, David Lemanowicz, who is serving as a U.S. Army Major and told her about the <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/is-lioness-based-on-a-true-story-12028376\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">real-life Lioness program<\/a>. She and Lemanowicz initially met when she was just 17 years old, but it wasn\u2019t until years later, after they reconnected in Afghanistan, that they started dating.<\/p>\n<p>The couple married in April 2017 and went on to <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/hallmark-star-jill-wagner-reveals-sex-of-baby-on-the-way-with-krispy-kreme-donuts\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">welcome two daughters<\/a>: Army Gray and Daisy Roberta. They are also parents to an older daughter, Lija, whom Lemanowicz welcomed during a previous relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything to know about Jill Wagner\u2019s family.<\/p>\n<h2>Wagner and Lemanowicz reconnected in Afghanistan after meeting as teenagers<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/JRMyFeC8vx7zYWozYI64Xr4i9uM=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/jill-wagner-david-lemanowicz-la-premiere-lioness-season-2-080326-67dce964aa9e407bab0097ce7732c34a.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz attend the Los Angeles Premiere of \u2018Lioness\u2019 on Oct. 23, 2024Credit: Amy Sussman\/Getty\" title=\"Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz attend the Los Angeles Premiere of Paramount+ Original Series \" \/><figcaption><i>Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz attend the Los Angeles Premiere of \u2018Lioness\u2019 on Oct. 23, 2024<br \/>Credit: Amy Sussman\/Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wagner met her future husband in her home state of North Carolina after sneaking out for a party when she was a teenager; he was 20 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI snuck out of my dad\u2019s window at home and went out at night, which I wasn\u2019t supposed to,\u201d she recalled in a 2016 Hallmark <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hallmarkchannel.com\/home-and-family\/tuesday-january-24th-2016\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\"><em>Home &amp; Family<\/em><\/a> episode. \u201cI snuck out and met him. Fell completely head over heels. We went out three times, and then I never heard from him again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemanowicz admitted that it was \u201cnot my favorite part of the story,\u201d but he was a \u201c20-year-old athlete\u201d who was not looking for his wife at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Years later, Wagner and Lemanowicz reconnected in Afghanistan while he was serving in the Air Force, and she was meeting troops during a 2015 USO tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hadn\u2019t seen her in 17 years,\u201d he recalled. \u201cMy boss told me to check out the event, and I look at the photo and said, \u2018I think I know this girl.\u2019 Low and behold, I go to the chow event where she\u2019s signing autographs, and I ask her if she\u2019s from North Carolina. She says \u2018yes.\u2019 I say, \u2018Little town outside of Greensboro?\u2019 She says, \u2018yes.\u2019 I say, \u2018Did you ever go to any North Carolina Monarchs hockey games?\u2019 She says, \u2018yes.\u2019 I say, \u2018Do you remember dating the goalie?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time of their reunion, they were both in relationships, but they ran into each other for a third time \u2014 both single \u2014 in Los Angeles in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day I came back from filming <em>Christmas Cookies<\/em>, my girlfriends wanted to take me out to dinner,\u201d Wagner said. \u201cWe were leaving (in Los Angeles) &#8230; and then I hear, \u2018Jill!\u2019 and David had just walked in the restaurant I was walking out of, and boom!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Lemanowicz is a former hockey player and U.S. Army Reserve Major<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/AjXq49p_ZWtl5iIY1WnLXBm1SbI=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/jill-wagner-david-lemanowicz-2018-winter-tca-tour-080326-eefcf6c5eee24d97afb0a507f6a8bb22.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz attend Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Winter 2018 TCA Press Tour at Tournament House on January 13, 2018 in Pasadena, CaliforniaCredit: Tara Ziemba\/Getty\" title=\"Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz attend Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Winter 2018 TCA Press Tour at Tournament House on January 13, 2018 in Pasadena, California\" \/><figcaption><i>Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz attend Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Winter 2018 TCA Press Tour at Tournament House on January 13, 2018 in Pasadena, California<br \/>Credit: Tara Ziemba\/Getty<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lemanowicz, who hails from Canada, started playing hockey as a young boy and specifically focused on being a goalkeeper. He went on to play in the junior, collegiate and professional minor league hockey levels across Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>From 1991 to 2008, he played with a total of 14 teams \u2014 including with the University of Toronto, the Spokane Chiefs, the Chicago Hounds and the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, per the <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeydb.com\/ihdb\/stats\/pdisplay.php?pid=23729\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">International Hockey Database<\/a>. However, from a young age, he knew he wanted to get involved in some sort of government service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it had something to do with me coming from an immigrant family,\u201d Lemanowicz, whose parents immigrated to Vancouver from Poland, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2009\/aug\/25\/former-goalie-takes-own-path\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>The<\/em> <\/a><a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2009\/aug\/25\/former-goalie-takes-own-path\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"null\"><em>Spokesman-Review<\/em><\/a> in 2009. \u201cThey grew up in such an oppressive society that it made me think how good we have it in First World countries. I\u2019m lucky and I want to be a part of this polity, the great institutions. I never really thought about, \u2018Oh, I want to make a ton of money.\u2019 It\u2019s just the way I was wired and socialized as a boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After he wrapped up his hockey career in 2008, he joined the military and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve. In 2020, he was promoted to a U.S. Army Major.<\/p>\n<h2>The couple married in 2017<\/h2>\n<p>Shortly after running into each other for a third time, they reconnected for good. Lemanowicz and Wagner married on April 8, 2017, at the Rose Hill Plantation in Nashville, N.C. Wagner frequently honors their anniversary on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c3 years today I married the love of my life and my best friend,\u201d she captioned a <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-uHsKRlUrd\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">photo<\/a> of the two of them in April 2020. \u201cYou are the reason I am so happy and now you have given me a baby to call my own . (The best gift of all ) Thank you so much my love . You are my favorite and have always been since I was 17 :-).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, she shared a professional picture of them and <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW362N7kd95\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">wrote<\/a>, \u201c9 years and counting ! You are my best friend in the life and the next . Happy anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>They welcomed two children together<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/5zPAiN7KI_3mLRce8rxgr6I781E=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/Jill-Wagner-PEOPLE-6-612c6004b56444668f16c2cbf9990d22.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Wagner and her daughters in their Tennessee homeCredit: Alyssa Rosenheck\" title=\"Jill Wagner and her family shot at home in Tellico Plains, TN on 5\/11\/2025\" \/><figcaption><i>Jill Wagner and her daughters in their Tennessee home<br \/>Credit: Alyssa Rosenheck<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two years after tying the knot, the couple confirmed to PEOPLE that <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/jill-wagner-pregnant-expecting-first-child-exclusive\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">Wagner was pregnant<\/a> with their first child together. They welcomed daughter Army Gray Lemanowicz on April 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was conceived on July 4 so we <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/jill-wagner-welcomes-daughter-army-gray-exclusive\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">wanted a patriotic name<\/a> and my husband is in the military so we chose her first name to be Army,\u201d Wagner explained of their decision. \u201cWe thought that was a good name to honor both. Her middle name is Gray (spelled the American way, with an A) because I have always loved that name. It is strong, intelligent, soft and feminine all in one \u2026 which is what I want her to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to welcoming Army, Lemanowicz welcomed a daughter named Lija. She was 10 years old at the time of Army\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLija is loving being a big sis and all of the dogs are super curious about little Army Gray,\u201d Wagner shared. \u201cI have a feeling Hank the farm dog is going to be super protective over her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A little over one year later, Wagner and Lemanowicz <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/jill-wagner-husband-david-lemanowicz-welcome-baby-daughter-daisy-roberta\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\">added daughter Daisy Roberta Lemanowicz<\/a> to the family on Aug. 19, 2021. In an <a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTOUokYLuPy\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"null\">Instagram<\/a> caption announcing the little one, Wagner wrote a \u201clove letter to my husband\u201d and thanked him for his support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say you are my hero is a vast understatement,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThere have been times where I have looked at you and thought \u2018I couldn\u2019t love this man more than I already do\u2019. I was wrong. On August 19, 2021 you held my hand as we welcomed our sweet little Daisy Roberta Lemanowicz into this world. Neither one of us knowing the madness the hours following would hold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wagner explained that she suffered \u201ccomplications after labor,\u201d but he continued to be her \u201crock\u201d and made her \u201cfeel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The family left L.A. for a 100-year old Tennessee farmhouse<\/h2>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/3flZGwHSm_r97jhuKMVINZhmrzI=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/Jill-Wagner-PEOPLE-5-b23f1e3bae144f1bbd711726dafe7a14.jpg\" alt=\"Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz at their Tennessee homeCredit: Alyssa Rosenheck\" title=\"Jill Wagner and her family shot at home in Tellico Plains, TN on 5\/11\/2025\" \/><figcaption><i>Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz at their Tennessee home<br \/>Credit: Alyssa Rosenheck<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although Wagner has continued acting, she and her husband made the decision to leave L.A. for a \u201c<a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jill-wagner-s-little-house-on-the-prairie-life-on-tennessee-farm-after-leaving-l-a-exclusive-11785207\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"null\"><em>Little House on the Prairie\u201d <\/em><\/a><a class=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jill-wagner-s-little-house-on-the-prairie-life-on-tennessee-farm-after-leaving-l-a-exclusive-11785207\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" rel=\"null\">farmhouse<\/a> in Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cL.A. held a very special place in my heart for my 20s and my 30s. But I\u2019m a small town girl at heart. That\u2019s where I feel comfortable,\u201d she explained to PEOPLE in August 2025. \u201cI grew up in a small town, so for the 20 years that I lived in L.A., I was starved of the things I was used to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wagner left L.A. in 2016 after first setting eyes on the 1912 Scott Mansion farmhouse, even though \u201cit looked like a scary haunted house\u201d at first.<\/p>\n<p>She and Lemanowicz, who were engaged at the time, knew they could put in the work to restore the farmhouse and make the 200 acres of land, located on a hill over the Great Smoky Mountains, their future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted a family, and I saw my children running around in the front yard,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI knew it could be fixed. And I wanted to be the one to restore this piece of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe got married, moved cross-country and went through a renovation all within a year. I\u2019m proud we stayed together!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wagner and Lemanowicz wanted to ensure the farmhouse stayed true to its origins, so they based the decor and renovations around the history and antiques<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome friends in L.A. are like, \u2018What do you <em>do<\/em> there?\u2019 I watch my cows, I garden, I go outside with the girls, we hike. I find my connection on the farm, with human beings and with nature,\u201d she said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jill Wagner lives with her husband, David Lemanowicz, and their children at a farmhouse in Tennessee Jill Wagner and David Lemanowicz at the \u2018Lioness\u2019 premiere in October 2024; Jill Wagner and her daughtersCredit: Steve Granitz\/FilmMagic; Jill Wagner\/Instagram NEED TO KNOW Jill Wagner, who was raised in a military family, helped pitch Lioness because of her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}