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 excelled at
basketball, with Jessie becoming the first woman in school history to have 1,000 career points and Becky the first to garner 1,000 career rebounds. Following their high school career, both sisters played four years for the
Niagara Purple Eagles basketball team at
Niagara University. At Niagara, Becky was a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
College statistics Source
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). 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. 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. 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. 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." 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". They also appear on the infomercial for WEN hair products with red hair. They appeared in
Mardi Gras: Spring Break in 2011. Jessie's last role was in a 2013
unsold pilot,
Lying for a Living. Becky's last role was as the voice of a GPS, in a 2020 episode of
Mom. ==References==