Degrassi: The Next Generation Characters
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[edit] Main characters
There is no single lead character, but from episode to episode one or two characters will usually be the focus of the main plot. Main characters listed here are those who are portrayed by actors billed in the opening
[edit] Emma Nelson (Miriam McDonald)
Daughter of Christine "Spike" Nelson (who gave birth to Emma in between the second and third season of Degrassi Junior High), Emma is smart, determined and idealistic, sometimes to a fault. She champions broad causes such as protecting the environment and boycotting genetically modified food. She had an eating disorder in season 5. Her main love interest has been Sean Cameron since season one. Emma also may have contracted gonorrhea from Jay Hogart.
Emma's always ready to help people she cares about, but it isn't always easy -- especially when her loyalties are divided.
When Sean moves back with his parents, Emma can't help but miss him. So what does she do? Emma ends up fooling around with Jay at the ravine and decided to have oral sex. But that decision gave her Gonnerheia. She was soon cured but it's something that she will never forget.
She tried to help Manny get revenge on Peter only to end up falling for him and having a secret relationship for months.
After she caught Snake kissing Ms. Hatzilakos she had to choose between telling her mom or keeping Snake's secret.
It was no surprise when things spiraled out of control and Emma ended up in a struggle with anorexia that landed her in the hospital.
After going through counselling, Emma's ready to put it all behind her and get on with her life - - but Emma has no idea what else is coming her way. Has she grown up enough to deal with it?
[edit] Jimmy Brooks (Aubrey Graham)
Jimmy is an athlete, but also has an artistic side. His family is also quite wealthy, although he resents that his parents are often absent. Jimmy teased Rick for a while, but later befriended him as they practiced for a game show together. His life took a tragic turn when his best friend Spinner led Rick to believe that Jimmy was behind a vicious prank on Rick, not knowing Rick was carrying a gun. Jimmy was shot in the back while he was trying to run away, and paralyzed from the waist down. This nearly destroyed his friendship with Spinner, but they have since reconciled. He has previously dated Ashley and Hazel, and tried to develop a relationship with Ellie. However, after kissing Ashley in High Fidelity 2 (Season 5 Finale), Jimmy and Ash have reconciled. He was unable to graduate with the rest of his class because of the time he took out of school to recover from his injuries. In season 7, Jimmy has started rapping, and is pursuing a career in music.
[edit] Theresa "Terri" MacGregor (Christina Schmidt)
- (Seasons 1-3)
The only daughter of a widowed father, Terri McGregor struggles with insecurities about her appearance, due to the fact that she is more curvaceous than her very thin peers. Her career as a plus-size model improved her self-image, and helped her overcome her vulnerability to peer pressure, although her individuation remains incomplete. She once possessed a keen interest in the occult. In Grade 10, never having experienced a real boyfriend, she tried hard to make a relationship work with Rick. She worked through his obsessiveness and abusiveness, and came back to the relationship, forgiving him each time. In the moment she was strong, but liked the feeling of being loved. She made a mistake forgiving him the first time, for in the final chapter, she was knocked into a coma by Rick. (Rick violently pushed her, she fell down and hit her head on a cinder block.) She was not spoken of again until Rick came back to Degrassi. In a deleted scene from an episode leading up to the shooting, concerned students speak to Mr.Simpson about Rick's return to Degrassi and what he did to Terri. It was then revealed that Terri transferred to a private school.
[edit] Ashley Kerwin (Melissa McIntyre)
- (Seasons 1–4; recurring Season 6-)
Introverted Ashley strives to be good to the people around her, but is finding out that that's not always possible while being good, or even true, to yourself. One major point in Ashley's history was her mistake of trying the drug ecstasy, instead of disposing of it. She suffered the consequences of her actions while under its influence for almost an entire year, by being isolated and shunned by most of her former friends, except for Terri. She also lost her relationship with boyfriend Jimmy Brooks, whom she had been dating for many months. This isolation set in motion her friendship with Ellie, and her goth stage. It was believed that Ashley and Craig were soulmates, but in this school nothing ever stays 'nice'. She came back to him after he cheated on her with and impregnated Manny Santos. She stuck to the relationship, always caring for Craig, but it proved to be too much stress and drama for her; she preferred a normal boyfriend but didn't tell this to Craig. Ashley went to England for a summer and fell in love with a man she met there. She decided to stay in England to be with him, and broke up with Craig over an email. After the relationship failed, she returned to Degrassi to enroll for the next school year (season 6). She was initially part of the Class of 2006. In Season 7, she rekindled her relationship with Jimmy and they started a music duo, but they have since broken up.
[edit] Liberty Van Zandt (Sarah Barrable-Tishauer)
Liberty is very a pristine and intelligent savant. Her main love interest is J.T. Yorke, who she has been attracted to since the beginning of the series, much to the dismay of J.T. In season 4, she and J.T. finally become a couple. They become sexually active, and in season 5 Liberty accidentally becomes pregnant. In season 5 Liberty becomes Student Body President. This accomplishment adds to the stress of pregnancy, and causes her to no longer want to be pregnant. J.T., although not very keen on babies, knows it isn't right and finally convinces Liberty to seek help. J.T. resorts to selling drugs to make money and eventually becomes so depressed about the situation that he attempts suicide. Her and J.T. finally decide to put the baby for adoption, and they break up. In season six, Manny throws a birthday party for Liberty, Liberty gets into an argument with J.T. After the argument he talks to Toby and realizes he's still in love with Liberty. This is what caused J.T. to leave the party, which led to his murder. Toby later reveals to Liberty that J.T. still had feelings for her when he died. She also broke down crying when she saw a video of J.T. playing with Isabella, Mia Jones' daughter.
[edit] Manuella "Manny" Santos (Cassie Steele)
Born in Manila, Philippines, the nation's capital, Manny is a Filipino girl who is struggling to define herself. Her demeanor and appearance have changed drastically over the years. Once giggly, girlish, and greatly naive, she is now head strong, confident, and sassy. Often criticized for being a 'slut' by both fellow students and her father, she has become very emotional. In season 3, Craig cheated on Ashley with Manny, and Manny became pregnant with Craig's child, causing her to have to get an abortion. She is an actress, having appeared in a leading role in the Kevin Smith film shot at Degrassi during season 4, and comments from an acting agent whom Manny respected left her horribly hurt and vulnerable. She left home and moved in with Emma's family after her strict parents kicked her out. Manny began dating Craig in season 6, but ended the relationship in later in the season after finding him addicted to cocaine.
[edit] Archie "Snake" Simpson (Stefan Brogren)
Archibald (Archie/Snake) is a student from the original series who has become a teacher at Degrassi. He marries Christine "Spike" Nelson in the second season and becomes Emma's stepfather. In the third season Spike gives birth to their son Jack. He is diagnosed with cancer in the third season, but then he goes into remission. In the fifth season, he was seen by Emma kissing Ms. Hatzilakos, and was briefly separated from Spike. Later, they made up and he moved back in.
[edit] Toby Isaacs (Jake Goldsbie)
- (Seasons 1–5; recurring Season 6-)
Toby is introduced in the first episode of the series as a friend of J. T. Yorke, having met previously at summer camp. With Toby moving into the Degrassi school district due to his dad re-marrying, he is forced to attend Degrassi and soon strikes up friendships with Emma, Manny, and Sean. He is also Ashley's step-brother.
Toby often chooses intellectual pursuits over social endeavors and in the early seasons, was proud of being a 'nerd'. However, because he spent more time on these activities than developing his social skills, Toby was often awkward when dealing with other students and suffers some isolation and abuse from that difference. He has a sarcastic sense of humor, and is good with planning, computers, and is often a sounding board to his friends problems.
Toby had a brief relationship with Spinner's adopted sister Kendra while he was in grade eight and she was in grade seven. Though Kendra and Toby had some minor spats during their relationship, they ultimately ended it during the summer between grade nine and ten. Once friends with Rick, the student who ultimately brought a gun to Degrassi, Toby had mixed feelings after Rick's death. However, he ultimately attended his funeral with Manny and J.T.
In the fifth season, J.T. leans on Toby more than ever while dealing with Liberty's pregnancy. When things begin to overwhelm J.T. to the point that he attempts suicide, Toby steps in for J.T. and cares for Liberty as she enters the final weeks of her pregnancy. Already working together on student council, the friendship between Liberty and Toby strengthens as a result of J.T.'s absence. As Liberty and J.T. quarrel, Toby acts as a conduit between the two of them. Liberty ultimately gave birth in Toby's car after it had broken down on the way to a meeting.
In season six, a rivalry between Degrassi and neighboring Lakehurst High School develops with Toby being the first casualty in the war declared between the two of them; a result of a beating by a group of Lakehurst thugs. J.T. had wanted to seek revenge, but Toby convinces him otherwise in the hopes that the situation would cool. Unfortunately, things only escalated and Toby must once again deal with death as J.T. is slain by the Lakehurst thugs. When the doctor at the hospital refuses to tell any of J.T.'s friends his condition, Toby claims to be his brother, leading the doctor to reveal the information to them. Organizing a memorial for his departed friend, the relationship between Toby and Liberty intensifies as they both draw strength from the other following their loss. A big feather in his cap comes at the winter prom as he's named Prom King, which he believed J.T. would be proud of.
As season seven develops, Lakehurst is forced into the ranks of Degrassi following the burning of their school. Toby is outspoken at first, claiming in a podcast that Degrassi should not welcome murderers in their halls. Sensing the situation to be escalating back to the levels which led to J.T.'s death, Toby ultimately retracts his podcast after a consultation at J.T.'s grave.
[edit] Gavin "Spinner" Mason (Shane Kippel)
So nicknamed for his bouts of ADHD, Spinner is an upperclassman who doesn't mind using his age and size to his advantage. He has an adopted sister named Kendra Mason. Often a bully to other students, Gavin alternates between being extremely closed-minded to being an incredibly supportive and loyal friend. That loyalty has waned with his best friend Jimmy, from stealing from him, to blaming a prank on him, resulting in his shooting. He's been isolated for this. He fell in love with Paige for a few seasons but they ended up breaking up, causing his personality change from a popular, loving boyfriend to an outcast rebel, which was further reinforced after his minor involvement in Jimmy's shooting, which turned him into a pariah among his friends. Spinner became a born-again Christian through his new girlfriend Darcy and joined The Friendship Club, a Christian group at Degrassi and slowly began winning his friends back, beginning with Marco. Spinner broke off his relationship with Darcy when she became jealous over issues concerning past sexual experiences. Darcy asked Spinner to take her back, but retracted the offer when she discovered he'd broken his vows by sleeping with Paige. At the very end of "High Fidelity, Part 2", Spinner reconciles with Jimmy during the graduation ceremony when the two are held back. Shortly after he begs Darcy for forgiveness prior to her departure for camp, but she doesn't know if she can forgive him. When the episode concludes, their future remains uncertain. Ironically, upon reviving his friendship with Jimmy (which was his only real desire for the entire season), he loses the one person that stuck by him throughout his troubles. However, in sixth-season premiere "Here Comes Your Man", Darcy did give him another chance. Later on, in season 6, he breaks up with her once again after finding close-to-nude pictures of Darcy on the internet. Having been expelled briefly as punishment for his involvement in Jimmy's shooting left Spinner unable to graduate with his class. In season 7 he has been diagnosed with testicular cancer and went through a period of reckless behavior, believing that he had nothing to live for.
[edit] James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke (Ryan Cooley)
- (Seasons 1-6)
J.T. was the resident class clown. His quick wit and humorous come-backs gave him attention and made him lots of friends, and got him into just as much trouble. He lived with his grandmother after his father left his mother. J.T. was a typical teen horn-dog and was insecure after thinking that his penis was not very big, even resorting to a penis-pump. His most recent trouble had been getting his girlfriend, Liberty, pregnant and then struggling to make money to raise the baby. After being controlled by Liberty, J.T. didn't want to take it anymore, dumping Liberty during her pregnancy. He refused to abandon her though because he didn't want to be anything like his father. He finally resorted to stealing drugs from the pharmacy where he worked to sell. Following arguments with both Liberty and Toby, and realizing he's ruined his life by becoming a drug-dealer, J.T. attempted suicide by overdosing on the stolen oxycodone. Rushed to the hospital, his stomach was pumped, and he barely survived, having been put on suicide watch. The baby is born prematurely and J.T. only got to see him for a few moments before he is given to its adoptive parents. In season 6, a girl named Mia Jones wanted to be on the Spirit Squad, but because she is a teenage mother, Darcy Edwards refused to let her onto the squad. After Darcy made a terribly rude remark to Mia about her and her daughter, Mia starts a fight with Darcy pushing her into Nic, her ex-boyfriend from Lakehurst. Mia slapped Nic for embarrassing her in front of the whole school starting a big brawl. J.T. hit Nic in the head with his panther helmet, knocking Nic to the ground. Nic let him know that it wasn't over between them. Months later, J.T. and Mia began dating, and J.T. helped take care of Mia's daughter, Isabella. Nic and his trouble-making friends returned, cornering Danny, Derek and Toby. Nic threatened them and declared war on Degrassi. Nic was supposed to fight J.T., but Mia convinced J.T. not to fight him. Later, Mia went out of town and J.T. convinced Emma and Manny to have a birthday party for Liberty at Emma's house, while Snake and Spike were out of town. J.T. left the party to tell Liberty he was still in love with her, but two Lakehurst guys were waiting by his car. One of them fatally stabbed J.T., puncturing his aorta, hours later J.T was pronounced dead.
[edit] Paige Michalchuk (Lauren Collins)
Paige is a popular fashionista with a sharp tongue who often says things which are hurtful to others. "Brutally blunt" is her phrase of choice to describe her attitude at telling people like it is. Paige is no stranger to trials herself, however, and may be a more vulnerable person than indicated by the personality she shows to the outside world. After a date with an older student from another school ended in rape, Paige become more kind and gentle than evil to her peers. She dated Spinner and later Mr. Oleander, a student teacher at Degrassi, and developed a relationship with him that had to remain secret. The secret got out, after having a physical altercation with the girl she trusted with the secret, Manny. Recently struck by anxiety about college applications and resumes, she smoked marijuana to try to convince Alex to consider going to college as well. She didn’t expect to see a friend-of-the-family representative from her university of choice (Banting in Kingston). Her parents found out that she was high through this friend. After the Kevin Smith movie premiere, Paige discovered that she was bisexual and Alex became her girlfriend, although she was concerned that other people would talk nastily about her behind her back at first. Paige and Alex broke up when Paige got accepted at Banting in Kingston and they realized they were going on different paths. In season 7, Paige began suffering from anxiety attacks due to her hectic college schedule, and eventually dropped out, moving in with Marco, Ellie, and Alex, with whom she becomes romantically involved again. She gets a job at a fashion designer company, and breaks up with Alex, and kicks her out of the house.
[edit] Sean Cameron (Daniel Clark)
- (Seasons 1–4, 6)
Sean is a troubled teen with a violent past. He was expelled from his previous school for involvement in a fight with bad consequences, and despite his best efforts to be normal, he often has flares of anger that get him into trouble again. Living with his older brother Tracker in a run-down apartment, Sean also wants desperately to have the material things that others have. Emma was his first love; then he moved on to Ellie. They became quite serious, even renting an apartment and moving in together. Sean started a criminal life when he began to associate himself with Jay Hogart. In season four, Sean returned to Wasaga Beach in an attempt to cope with, among other stresses, the fact that he accidentally took Rick's life while trying to save Emma's. He abruptly ended his relationship with Ellie by moving, leaving her with an apartment she couldn't pay for on her own. Sean returnes to Degrassi at the beginning of season 6 and has rekindled his romance with Emma Nelson. He was arrested and served a brief time in jail for vehicular manslaughter charges brought on after he hit a man while street racing Peter. When released he continued his relationship with Emma. He gets expelled from school when Peter plants drugs in his locker. He currently works as a mechanic at a shop where Jay works, and is planning to join the military. Even though he gives up his viginity to emma he is still conciously, madley in love with Ellie.
[edit] Dan Raditch (Dan Woods)
- (Seasons 1–4)
Ex-principal of Degrassi. Was there since the adults (Spike, Snake, Joey, Caitlin etc.) attended Degrassi. Was released due to his terrible reaction to the shooting involving Rick.
[edit] Joey Jeremiah (Pat Mastroianni)
- (recurring Season 1; Seasons 2–5)
Owner of a car dealership, father of Angela and stepfather of Craig Manning. Dated Sydney, Caitlin Ryan and currently Diane. Was a former student at Degrassi.
[edit] Craig Manning (Jake Epstein)
- (Seasons 2–5)
The consummate artist, Craig first could be seen being an avid photographer. But it would come to light suddenly that he likes to play the guitar when he forms a band after being adopted by Joey. Dealing with his abusive father before the adoption has made the transition to adulthood difficult for Craig and he continues to work though this and other issues, including a deceased loving mother, cheating on his girlfriend Ashley, impregnating Manny and being diagnosed as bipolar. He rekindled the relationship with Ashley with much hardship, but she couldn't handle his illness, and moved away from him, obviously dumping him when she found a new boyfriend, and never having bothered getting around to tell him personally. Craig has developed a friendship with Ellie, due to their being in the same therapy group, but does not want a romantic relationship with her. He instead chooses to rekindle his relationship with Manny. Craig went to Vancouver to work on a solo album in season 6, but returns at the end of High Fidelity Part 2 to say goodbye to his fellow graduating classmates. During his time in Vancouver, Craig and Manny maintain a long-distance relationship. He returns in season 6 in the episode, "What's it feel like to be a ghost?". Manny soon realizes that Craig has an addiction to cocaine. She cannot handle his addiction and leaves him. Ellie tries to help Craig, and threatens to tell Joey what he has been doing, but Craig kisses Ellie and tells her he loves her, and after she says it back, he asks for his drugs back. Ellie storms out of the room, and Craig goes on stage to do an opening for Taking Back Sunday. As he is playing however, his nose starts to bleed because of the cocaine. He is sent off to Calgary (where Joey now lives) at the end of the episode, telling Ellie that he really does love her, but not having the affection returned.
[edit] Eleanor "Ellie" Nash (Stacey Farber)
- (recurring Season 2; Seasons 3-)
Ellie Nash started off as a goth, whose father is in the army and whose mother is an alcoholic, which spawns from not being able to cope with her husband's constant leaving. Ellie quickly became friends with Ashley Kerwin, a fellow goth at the time, and took a liking to Marco Del Rossi, who became her boyfriend. Marco and Ellie had a romantic relationship, until Marco revealed his homosexuality to her, and the remainder of the relationship was spent as a cover until Marco was ready to come out to everyone else. Ellie has a passion for journalism and that led to her getting a co-op with local and famed reporter Caitlin Ryan. During the stint as a co-op, stress became too much for Ellie and Paige discovered Ellie's method of coping, cutting herself. Ellie eventually blossomed a relationship with Sean, which lasted successfully until her junior year. But, once the school shooting came around, Sean, fled to his hometown of Wasaga Beach, leaving Ellie behind. Ellie soon moved back in with her mother and later joined a support group, which fellow classmate and best friend's boyfriend Craig Manning later also joined because of his bi-polar disorder. Craig and Ellie have since developed a close friendship. Though later on in the season she and Jimmy both discovered a mutual love for art, the crush developed on his part, but was not mutual. Her crush on Craig seemed to be unrequited as he has rekindled his romance with ex-girlfriend Manny Santos, stating that he saw nothing more in Ellie than a good friend. In Season 6 after going off to college and leaving Degrassi behind Ellie finds a new boyfriend; a fellow college journalist who is a few years older, and moves in with Marco and his boyfriend Dylan.
[edit] Hazel Aden (Andrea Lewis)
- (recurring Seasons 1 & 2; Seasons 3-5)
Hazel is a smart, popular Somali Muslim girl who is occasionally mean and sassy, but outside of her catty circle of friends usually deals with others with more kindness than she displays in front of her peers. She fell in love with Jimmy, and dated him for a couple of years. She struggled with the fact that the shooting left Jimmy handicapped, but stayed faithful to him, until she suspected that he had feelings for Ellie. After she found out that Jimmy was into Ellie and not her, she finally broke up with him. She once tried to pretend that she was Jamaican during a diversity celebration, but when an Iraqi classmate's poster was vandalized with anti-Muslim slurs, Hazel is accused of having committed the crime, though she is innocent. After the true culprits are caught, she realizes that she must be true to herself instead of trying to conceal her identity. Though the many episodes, Hazel seems to be absolutly useless! ;)
[edit] Christine "Spike" Nelson (Amanda Stepto)
- (recurring Seasons 1 & 2; 3-)
Hairdresser and mother of Emma, with whom she was pregnant in the original series. In the second season she married Archibald "Snake" Simpson, and in the third season she gave birth to their son Jack. poo!
[edit] Caitlin Ryan (Stacie Mistysyn)
- (recurring Seasons 1 & 2; Seasons 3–5)
A prominent TV journalist who has had a long standing on-again off-again relationship with Joey Jeremiah since their junior high days. She broke up with Joey last season to accept a position in the U.S. at a nationally syndicated news magazine.
[edit] Marco Del Rossi (Adamo Ruggiero)
- (recurring Season 2; Seasons 3-)
One of three openly gay students at Degrassi, Marco has taken the role of a "gay guardian angel", a person who dispenses helpful advice to other students. Marco was an A student at Degrassi and now attends the University of Toronto, and lives with Paige and Ellie. He came out after pressured by Ellie, his ex-girlfriend who was tired of pretending. It was only verbally done to two people, but everyone knew before long. He dated Paige's older brother Dylan. However they broke up because Dylan wanted an open relationship. In season 5, after briefly dating Tim, Marco reconciled with Dylan and they are now back together. His mother is understanding of Marco's sexuality, but his father wasn't quite as accepting when he finally came out to him during the 5th season. However, Marco's father eventually accepted him.
[edit] Jason "Jay" Hogart (Mike Lobel)
- (recurring Seasons 3 & 4; Seasons 5–)
Jay is a belligerent rebel who carefully cultivates his bad boy image by being genuinely amoral. He seems to be involved with all of the illegal or inappropriate activities around Degrassi, and once admitted to being the "Low-down dirty sinner". He first appeared in a confrontation with Dylan about Dylan being a homosexual. He has been caught stealing a few times. He is also sexually active and help spread gonorrhea at school, including to Emma Nelson. He dated Alex for a while, but Alex broke up with him when she discovered Jay was cheating on her. He works as a mechanic at an auto repair shop. In season three, he developed a friendship with Sean and proceeded to become a bad influence on him. Similarly, he also befriended Spinner and became a bad influence on him as well. Jay was expelled from Degrassi because of his involvement with Rick's school shooting. He is now working as a mechanic. Currently, Sean is still friends with Jay but Spinner has stopped associating with him.
[edit] Alexandra "Alex" Nuñez (Deanna Casaluce)
- (recurring Seasons 3, 4, & 7; Seasons 5 & 6)
Alex dated Jay and was a member of his gang. She presents a tough feisty exterior, but is sensitive on the inside. Once prejudiced against homosexuals, she became vice-president under Marco, whom she befriended. She is partially responsible for conducting a prank, using her title as alibi, which resulted in Rick shooting Jimmy, and some slight, and fleeting guilt. Her mom is divorced and has an abusive boyfriend, which bothers Alex. Alex originally felt that she would not go to college or amount to anything in life, self-fulfilling her belief that she will be stuck in a dead-end job forever. Originally disliking Paige, Alex realizes she may have hidden feelings for her, feelings that Paige also had and they dated and recently broke up. She revealed to Jay she was a lesbian. In Season 6 she returns to Degrassi again as a senior and improves her grades so she can get into college. In season 7, Alex becomes a stripper to support herself and her mother, but quits once she discovers that her mother is wasting the much needed money she is making, and after Paige threatens to break up with her over it. She moves out of her mom's house and lives with Marco, Ellie, and Paige, until she is kicked out after a fight with Paige.
[edit] Peter Stone (Jamie Johnston)
- (Seasons 5–)
Peter is Mrs. Hatzilakos' son. From his first appearance in the series, Peter is established as mischievous and immoral. Peter got Manny drunk and convinced her to take her top off on camera when he was a sophomore, and from then on was known as the "devil" at the school. Emma and Peter began dating and were forced to keep it a secret from her best friend Manny, and he stuck with her during her anorexia/bulimia crisis. When Sean returned to Degrassi, Emma and Sean began dating and Peter started a rivalry with Sean that ended with Sean being expelled from school after Peter put drugs in his locker. He turned to Darcy and convinced her to put racy pictures of herself on the internet for money. After that scandal, Peter was left with no friends and no one to talk to. In season 6, Darcy forgives Peter and they secretly start dating. Darcy has been a good influence on Peter, who has been considerably better behaved since dating her. In season 7, Peter stays by Darcy after she is raped.
[edit] Daphne Hatzilakos (Melissa DiMarco)
- (recurring Seasons 2-4; Seasons 5–)
Former science teacher, who is now the Degrassi principal. She is the mother of Peter Stone, though she is divorced. She and Snake were seen kissing by Emma and Peter, although the affair never went further.
[edit] Darcy Edwards (Shenae Grimes)
- (recurring Seasons 4 & 5; Seasons 6-)
Darcy Edwards is a strait laced Christian who is in the Spirit Squad and eventually becomes one of the leaders. Later, Darcy joined a Christian group at school called the "Friendship Club". Spinner joined the club, and the two soon began dating. After dating for a while, they broke up when Darcy found out that Spinner wasn't a virgin. They got back together when he religiously restored his virginity, but then Spinner and Paige had sex, so Darcy broke up with Spinner again. The next year, Darcy and Spinner got back together, but when Darcy began posting "sexy" pictures of herself on the internet for money for the Spirit Squad, they broke up. Darcy started dating Peter in season 6. In season 7, Darcy is drugged and raped in the first episode, and as a result of the rape, Darcy contracts the STD Chlamydia and attempts to commit suicide.
[edit] Mia Jones (Nina Dobrev)
- (recurring Season 6; Season 7-)
Mia Jones is the new girl at Degrassi. She's a single teenage mom, with a little girl named, Isabella. She is on the cheerleading squad, and is liked by Manny. However, Darcy dislikes her for being a teen mother, and even tries to kick her off the squad. J.T has a crush on her and they were dating until J.T. is killed.
[edit] Derek Haig (Marc Donato)
- (recurring Seasons 5 & 6; 7-)
Derek went on a date with Emma, but it did not go well as they had nothing in common. Derek hurt Liberty's feelings when he began to question why she gave her child up for adoption. Derek later revealed that he was adopted and tries to understand Liberty's decision and how she feels about giving up her baby.
[edit] Danny Van Zandt (Dalmar Abuzeid)
- (recurring Seasons 4-6; 7-)
Danny Van Zandt is the younger brother of Liberty, and has made friends with J.T. Yorke so much so to the point that JT's best friend, Toby Issacs, felt alienated and befriended Rick Murray, the school shooter. While Danny and Liberty have the normal cat-and-dog relationship that is sometime seen between siblings, Danny is very protective and cares very much about her, as seen when it was discovered that JT impregnated Liberty. He was very helpful with the pregnancy, after attempting to blackmail JT into helping him get a good grade in Family and Consumer Science.
