Wagner is best known for her portrayal of the 1970s iconic television leading female science fiction action character Jaime Sommers, who takes on special high-risk government missions using her superhuman bionic powers in the American television series The Bionic Woman 1976—1978.
She first played this role on the 1970s American television series The Six Million Dollar Man.
The Jaime Sommers character also became a pop culture icon of the 1970s.
When she was seven years old, Wagner's parents divorced and her mother moved with her to the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, near Pasadena.
Wagner earned an Emmy Award in 1977 for 'Outstanding Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role' for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the The Bionic Woman television series.
Wagner began acting professionally in 1971, and has maintained a lengthy acting career in a variety of film and television productions to the present day.