Aurora Ruffino (born 22 May 1989) is an Italian actress.

Aurora Ruffino
Ruffino in 2019
Born (1989-05-22) 22 May 1989 (age 35)
Turin, Italy
Alma materCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
OccupationActress

Early life and education

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Aurora Ruffino was born in Turin, the fourth of six children, but was raised in Druento, where she attended elementary and middle school. At age 5 she was orphaned when her mother died in childbirth and her father abandoned the children. She was then raised by her grandparents and aunt. At age 14, she enrolled in a theater course organized by the school. At 19, after graduation, she enrolled in the "Gipsy Musical Academy," a dance and drama school, in Turin.[1]

Career

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Ruffino made her debut as an actress in the film La solitudine dei numeri primi (2010). After that, she moved to Rome to study at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 2013. In the fall of 2012 she became publicly known for her role as Benedetta Ferraris-Costa in the miniseries Questo nostro amore broadcast on Rai 1 and also starring Neri Marcorè and Anna Valle.

She appeared in the official music video for Modà in the song Se si potesse non morire which placed third in the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo in 2013 and which was the soundtrack to the film White as Milk, Red as Blood where she starred as Silvia. In the same year she starred in a short LGBT-themed film called Ad occhi chiusi.[2]

In 2014 she played a protagonist in the television series Braccialetti Rossi as Cris, a girl suffering from anorexia, and also appeared in Una Ferrari per due and Purché finisca bene, both broadcast by RAI 1.

In October 2014 she reprised her role of Benedetta Ferraris-Costa for the second season of Questo nostro amore, renamed Questo nostro amore 70. Since February 2015 she has re-appeared in the second season of Braccialetti rossi.[3]

She also starred in some short films directed by Gianluca Testa[4] and Gabriele Mainetti.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2010 The Solitude of Prime Numbers Viola Bai
2013 White as Milk, Red as Blood Silvia
Ad occhi chiusi Ginevra Short film
2014 Una Ferrari per due Livia Carelli Television film
Iceberg Waitress Short film
2016 Ningyo Sirena Short film
2019 La mia seconda volta Ludovica
2020 Al posto suo Agata Television film
2021 Chiara Lubich - L'amore vince su tutto Ines Sartori Television film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2012-18 Questo nostro amore Benedetta Costa 36 episodes
2014 Purché finisca bene Livia Carelli 1 episode
2014-16 Braccialetti rossi Cristina "Cris" Valli 19 episodes
2018 Non dirlo al mio capo Cassandra Reggiani 12 episodes
2018-19 Medici Bianca De Medici 12 episodes
2020 Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori Queen Margherita 1 episode
Mi hanno sputato nel milkshake Siri 1 episode
2021 Un passo dal cielo Dafne Mair 8 episodes
2022 Noi Rebecca Peirò 12 episodes
2023 Black Out Lidia Ercoli 4 episodes

Awards and Accolades

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References

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  1. ^ DOLOROSO PASSATO DI AURORA RUFFINO, CRIS DI BRACCIALETTI ROSSI, it.blastingnews.com; accessed 13 March 2016(in Italian)
  2. ^ Storia di un amore 'diverso': 'Ad occhi chiusi' di Lisa Riccardi, cinemio.it; accessed 2 March 2016.(in Italian)
  3. ^ Questo nostro amore 70, su Raiuno Neri Marcorè ed Anna Valle alle prese con i cambiamenti di un decennio, tvblog.it; accessed 2 March 2016.(in Italian)
  4. ^ "Scheda Film | RIFF". Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Venezia72: Best Movie e Kinéo premiano l'eccellenza del cinema italiano. Le foto della premiazione". Best Movie. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Roma Fiction Fest 2014, i vincitori". tvblog.it. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Cinema: al grido di 'Watanka', furore al Giffoni per i 'Braccialetti rossi' - Regioni - Libero Quotidiano". liberoquotidiano.it. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
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