Becky and Jessie O'Donohue

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Becky and Jessie O'Donohue
Born
Rebecca Marie O'Donohue
Jessica Elleanore O'Donohue

(1980-07-13) July 13, 1980 (age 43)
Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
Modeling information
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBlue-Green
Basketball career
Career information
High school
Forward

Rebecca Marie "Becky" O'Donohue and Jessica Elleanore "Jessie" O'Donohue (born July 13, 1980) are American

fifth season of American Idol.[2]

Life and career

Early life and basketball careers

Becky and Jessie are from

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

Legend
  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
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
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

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Entertainment career

Becky's original audition on American Idol was in

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

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

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

"Red Is the New Black".[13]

References

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  6. The Reporter Dispatch
    . pp. 1D, 7D. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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  8. ^ Amy Moritz (10 January 2000). "Double takes four pairs of Niagara athletes bound by a genetic code". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 14 May 2023.Closed access icon
  9. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  10. Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  11. Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  12. ^ "Siri - A Woman in Raj's Life". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10.
  13. ^ LoPiore, Danny (31 January 2012). "Dobbs Ferry Actress to Appear on 'The Mentalist'". The Rivertowns Daily Voice. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

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