Aurora Ruffino was born in Turin, the fourth of six children, but was raised in Druento, where she attended elementary and middle school.

[1] Ruffino made her debut as an actress in the film La solitudine dei numeri primi (2010).

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.

[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.