Wagmeister has led the network’s coverage on allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, as part of the team that broke the surveillance video of Combs violently beating his ex-girlfriend Cassie, which led to a global conversation on domestic violence. She also broke the news that a federal grand jury could hear from Combs’ accusers, signaling the most significant development in the federal sex trafficking investigation into the music mogul.

Since joining CNN, Elizabeth has landed interviews with Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel, legendary record executive Clive Davis and Gypsy Rose Blanchard, sitting down with the convict-turned-social media star immediately following her release from prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder of her mother.

Wagmeister has been at the forefront of Harvey Weinstein’s historic conviction being overturned, securing exclusive interviews at CNN with numerous Weinstein accusers, after having extensively covered both sexual assault trials of the disgraced Hollywood produced in 2020 and 2022, prior to her time at the network. She has also covered the domestic violence trial of former Marvel actor Jonathan Majors, and the ongoing case against actor Alec Baldwin for the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust.”

Before CNN, Elizabeth was at Variety magazine for nearly a decade where, at the end of her tenure, she held the position of chief correspondent. In 2019, she was named onto Forbes 30 Under 30.

In 2023, Elizabeth co-hosted the official Golden Globes red carpet pre-show, produced by Dick Clark Productions. From 2019-2023, Elizabeth served as a special contributor with ABC News throughout award season and was part of ABC’s official Oscars red carpet pre-show and “Good Morning America’s” Oscars’ coverage for four years. From 2016-2019, Elizabeth was co-host of the nationally syndicated newsmagazine “Page Six TV,” which aired on the Fox TV stations.

Wagmeister has established herself as a leading voice in entertainment news by breaking highly influential stories, including the bombshell Matt Lauer investigation, which dominated the global news cycle and resulted in swift impact at the height of the #MeToo movement. Elizabeth was the face of Variety’s coverage of Harvey Weinstein with daily, live reports from the New York City criminal courthouse for the duration of the two-month rape trial, and later, Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial. She also led Variety’s coverage of the Britney Spears conservatorship case in Los Angeles.

Elizabeth’s journalistic work is frequently recognized by the industry. In 2023, she was nominated for an Emmy for her role as co-host and producer of the popular PBS series, “Actors on Actors.” In 2022, she was honored as Best Anchor and Host of the year by the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, which has also nominated her twice as Journalist of the Year. She has won numerous NAEJ awards, LA Press Club awards and two Webby awards.

During her time at Variety, Elizabeth’s cover stories included an exclusive sit-down with the Kardashian-Jenner family ahead of their Hulu deal, and with Colton Underwood, who became the first star of “The Bachelor” to come out as gay. Elizabeth regularly contributed to Variety’s Power of Women and Young Hollywood issues. She also launched and anchored Variety’s flagship news series, “The Take,” which streamed weekly. Her coverage was among Variety’s most-viewed content online with her interviews often going viral on social media. She also has covered major festivals from Sundance to Cannes to SXSW, and has been on every red carpet from the Oscars to the Emmys to the SAG Awards.

Elizabeth began her broadcast career with frequent guest spots across national and local news, serving as an entertainment expert. In 2016, she landed a weekly segment on “Good Day LA,” and since, has been seen regularly on “Good Morning America,” “The Talk,” “Access Hollywood,” “Entertainment Tonight,” “Extra,” “Today,” “CBS This Morning,” “ABC Nightline,” CNN, Fox Business and “The Wendy Williams Show” where she has frequently served as a guest co-host, filling in during Williams’ absence from the show.

Prior to Variety, Wagmeister was the Senior Entertainment Editor at Bonnie Fuller’s HollywoodLife.com where, at 24-years-old, Fuller hand-picked her to run the site’s TV and film vertical for an audience of 35+ million unique visitors. Elizabeth started her career at TV Guide Magazine as the assistant to the editor-in-chief and rose the ranks as a writer and reporter.

During her junior year of college, she was one of 25 students and the only representative from California selected for the prestigious Associated Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) internship program, before graduating from UC Santa Barbara with dual degrees in communication and multimedia writing. While she was a student at UCSB, Elizabeth held many internships, including working the assignment desk at Fox 11 KTTV. She launched her university’s Her Campus chapter, becoming one of the first 10 college journalists in the country to work for Her Campus Media, which is now in more than 340 universities in the United States. Elizabeth was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and has resided in both L.A. and NYC.