Jurga was born in 1980, Telšiai, Samogitia, Lithuania. She started her solo career successfully by releasing her debut album Aukso Pieva (Golden Meadow) back in 2005. The first single from this album was Nebijok (Don't Be Afraid) and charted at Number One for 8 weeks and became the biggest hit single of 2005 in Lithuania. Released in September the album Aukso Pieva now is close to platinum sales (20,000 copies). The debut album includes 12 songs in Lithuanian and English, almost all of them were written by Jurga herself.