Rebecca Marie "Becky" O'Donohue and Jessica Elleanore "Jessie" O'Donohue (born July 13, 1980) are American reality TV show contestants, models, actresses and former basketball players. The identical twins played college basketball at Niagara University[1] before starting a career in entertainment and modeling. In 2006, Becky was a semi-finalist in the fifth season of American Idol.[2]
Becky and Jessie O'Donohue | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rebecca Marie O'Donohue Jessica Elleanore O'Donohue July 13, 1980 |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue-Green |
| Basketball career | |
| Career information | |
| High school | Dobbs Ferry (Dobbs Ferry, New York) |
| College | Niagara (1998–2002) |
| Position | Forward |
Life and career
Early life and basketball careers
Becky and Jessie are from Dobbs Ferry, New York, from a family of Irish and Greek descent. They attended Dobbs Ferry High School where they exceled at basketball,[3] with Jessie becoming the first girl in school history to have 1,000 career points and Becky the first to garner 1,000 career rebounds.[4][5] Following their high school career, both sisters played four years for the Niagara Purple Eagles basketball team at Niagara University.[6][7][8] At Niagara, Becky was a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.[citation needed]
College statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Becky | |||||||||||
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| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1998–99 | Niagara | 28 | 159 | 38.5% | 0.0% | 73.5% | 4.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 1999–00 | Niagara | 28 | 121 | 42.3% | 50.0% | 55.6% | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| 2000–01 | Niagara | 28 | 212 | 38.4% | 0.0% | 74.6% | 4.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 7.6 |
| 2001–02 | Niagara | 28 | 165 | 41.8% | 0.0% | 82.5% | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 5.9 |
| Career | 112 | 657 | 39.9% | 20.0% | 74.2% | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 5.9 | |
| Jessie | |||||||||||
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| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1998–99 | Niagara | 27 | 133 | 30.2% | 21.7% | 69.8% | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| 1999–00 | Niagara | 28 | 142 | 38.1% | 27.3% | 75.0% | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| 2000–01 | Niagara | 28 | 222 | 35.7% | 32.1% | 79.7% | 3.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
| 2001–02 | Niagara | 28 | 256 | 40.1% | 38.0% | 84.6% | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 9.1 |
| Career | 111 | 753 | 36.4% | 31.5% | 77.5% | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 6.8 | |
Source[9]
Entertainment career
Becky's original audition on American Idol was in Boston where she was supported by Jessie (who did not sing due to recent throat surgery).[10] Judge Simon Cowell praised her looks, but said no to her voice. However, she was let through to Hollywood by co-judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul. O'Donohue made it through to the final twenty-four contestants in the semi-finals, but was the first female to be eliminated from the show when she received the fewest votes on February 23's results show. They briefly appeared on the American Idol season finale on May 24, 2006, via satellite from Birmingham, Alabama, as commentators during Taylor Hicks' cheering rally.[citation needed]
Both appeared in a special "Twins" episode on Fear Factor where they were eliminated on the first stunt. The twins also appeared together in Maxim magazine in 2004.[11]They played twin sisters Darla and Donna in the 2007 comedy film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Layna and Sophia on an episode of ER.[citation needed]
Jessie appeared as a stripper named Karamel Owens in an 8th season episode of CSI: Miami titled "Dude, Where's My Groom?", while Becky played a stripper also named Karamel on the House, MD 5th season episode "House Divided."[citation needed]
The twins appeared on the "Sister Act" episode of Minute to Win It, on which they won with $50,000. Becky guest starred in the July 2010 Psych episode "Not Even Close... Encounters", and as Siri in the January 2012 The Big Bang Theory episode "The Beta Test Initiation".[12] They also appear on the infomercial for WEN hair products with red hair. They appeared in Mardi Gras: Spring Break in 2011.[citation needed]
Becky appeared in the 4th season of The Mentalist playing Sasha a fashion model in the episode "Red Is the New Black".[13]