Oklahoma native Jill Klopp plays a real estate agent who gets stabbed by Alex O’Loughlin’s character, the serial killer Vincent, in tonight’s episode of Criminal Minds. In an article in The Edmond Sun, Jill shares her experiences on the set of the show with the readers.

Edmondite Makes Prime Time Debut

Courtney Crauthers
The Edmond Sun

EDMOND —  A former Edmond resident will make her debut on prime time television tonight as a co-star on a “Criminal Minds” episode, “The Big Wheel,” which starts at 8 p.m. central time on the CBS network.

Jill Klopp, an Edmond North High School and University of Oklahoma graduate, will die on screen as Michelle Watson, a real estate agent stabbed to death by one of her clients.

“It’s a crime drama on CBS where the detectives try to catch the killer through psychological experiments,” she said. “They try to get into the minds of the killer.”

Steve Klopp, Jill’s father, said he and his wife, Jody, were a bit shocked by the visual images of their daughter in the clutches of a killer when they saw the trailer at the end of last week’s episode of “Criminal Minds.”

He said he is proud of his daughter’s accomplishments and appreciates both the “real Jill” and the persona she will play on television.

Jill Klopp said the on-screen dying process wasn’t what she expected.

“It’s much more simple than I envisioned, but it was cool,” she said. “You run the stab scene a few times without any blood or gore.”

She said for the final take she had a blood packet in hand which she pressed down on when she felt the pressure of the fake knife through a protective corset she wore. She also had to bite down on a blood packet in her mouth.

“It’s a really sweet syrup and it’s gross,” Klopp said.

She said she really enjoyed working with her “killer,” Alex O’Loughlin, who has guest starred in multiple television series, including “The Shield” and “Moonlight.” He also has had roles in several movies, including “August Rush” and “The Invisible.” Klopp said she’d like to follow the same career path as O’Loughlin.

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