The Veronicas

About The Veronicas

The Veronicas are an ARIA Award-winning Australian group led by identical twin sisters, Jessica Louise Origliasso and Lisa Marie Origliasso.

Born to Italian (Sicilian) parents on 25 December 1984, they grew up in Albany Creek (northwest of Brisbane, Australia), where they attended Ferny Grove State High School and Wavell State High School. At an early age the girls expressed interest in performing; they participated with small local papers in shows on television, radio and horses.

Jessica and Lisa also performed in small parts on various television shows including a recurring role in the short-lived 2001 Australian children's series Cybergirl, where they portrayed twin sisters: Lisa played the character 'Sapphire', while Jessica appeared as 'Emerald'. On their 18th birthday Jessica received her first guitar, with this the girls began writing and singing songs. They became Teal which they formed with friends Tracy Woods and R.Viknes and began to experiment with different sounds and genres, releasing a song "Baby It's Over", this only received very minor airplay in Brisbane.