Aurora Ruffino
Aurora Ruffino | |
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.jpg) Ruffino in 2019 | |
| Born | 22 May 1989 Turin, Italy |
| Alma mater | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia |
| Occupation | Actress |
Aurora Ruffino (born 22 May 1989) is an Italian actress.
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | |
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| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Premio Kinéo
- 2015 - Won - Kinéo Giovani Rivelazioni[5]
- Roma Fiction Fest
- 2014 - Won - Special Jury Prize to the protagonists of the series Braccialetti rossi[6]
- Giffoni Film Festival
- 2014 - Won - Explosive Talent Award[7]
References
[edit]- ^ DOLOROSO PASSATO DI AURORA RUFFINO, CRIS DI BRACCIALETTI ROSSI, it.blastingnews.com; accessed 13 March 2016(in Italian)
- ^ Storia di un amore 'diverso': 'Ad occhi chiusi' di Lisa Riccardi, cinemio.it; accessed 2 March 2016.(in Italian)
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Scheda Film | RIFF". Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Venezia72: Best Movie e Kinéo premiano l'eccellenza del cinema italiano. Le foto della premiazione". Best Movie. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Roma Fiction Fest 2014, i vincitori". tvblog.it. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Aurora Ruffino at IMDb
- Biography of Aurora Ruffino profile, FictionTravel.it; accessed 2 March 2016.(in Italian)
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