Northwest Ohio native and 2010 American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox will make her major acting debut Tuesday night in an episode of Body of Proof.

Bowersox, who is from Elliston, plays a prisoner on the show that centers around a medical examiner played by Dana Delany. This is the first episode in the second season of the ABC drama that also stars Jeri Ryan and airs at 10 p.m.

In an interview with the online publication Mother Nature Network, Delany praised Bowersox’s work on the show.

“She was instinctive, she asked questions, she was excellent,” Delany said. Afterward, “she pulled out her guitar and serenaded all of us, which was really nice of her. She didn’t need to do that.”

Bowersox has stayed busy since her Idol run a year ago, touring regularly and doing charitable work to fight hunger and work with children who have diabetes.

First Published September 17, 2011, 4:00 a.m.