Wager began her Hollywood career as set designer on Woody Allen's science fiction comedy Sleeper (1973), whose cast included Star Trek guest stars Don Keefer and John McLiam. Later in her career, she worked many times with Star Trek Nemesis set designer Donald B. Woodruff. They first worked together on the 1986 film Short Circuit, on which Wager was production designer and art director and Woodruff was assistant art director. Wager and Woodruff later worked together as art directors on two submarine movies, 1990's The Hunt for Red October (featuring Daniel Davis, Boris Lee Krutonog, and Gates McFadden) and 1995's Crimson Tide (featuring Scott Grimes). Mickey S. Michaels was a set decorator on both of these films. Wager and Woodruff also worked as art directors on 1991's For the Boys, colla