Adamo Ruggiero

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Adamo Angelo Ruggiero (born June 9, 1986 in Mississauga, Ontario) is an Italian Canadian actor best known for his role of Marco Del Rossi. Contents [hide]

   * 1 Career
   * 2 Personal life
   * 3 References
   * 4 External links

[edit] Career

Ruggiero has been acting since the age of seven or eight. He has starred in many plays including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Bye Bye Birdie. After initially auditioned for the role of Craig Manning (a role currently played by Jake Epstein), he joined the DeGrassi cast in 2002 in the role of Marco Del Rossi, a gay teenager who struggles with coming to terms with his sexuality. Adamo is currently the host of The Next Star.

[edit] Personal life

Ruggiero's father, Tony, was born in Coreno Ausonio (Frosinone, Lazio). Ruggiero's mother's name is Amalia. He has an older brother named Adriano. Adamo attended St. Dunstan Elementary School and graduated from Cawthra Park Secondary School, both in Mississauga, Ontario.

Ruggiero came out in January 2008, saying "I come from a traditional Italian family but they aren't so traditional that me being gay was a deal breaker." He also landed the cover of the January 23-February 5, 2008 issue of fab magazine.[1][2]

He is close friends with co-star Lauren Collins from Degrassi. In reality the two shared a condo with Stacey Farber, as they did in the series Degrassi.