Ruby Buckton
Ruby Buckton is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera "Home and Away", played by Rebecca Breeds. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 20 June 2008. Ruby was created by executive producer Cameron Welsh. When she was first introduced she appeared to hide her problems and pretends to be strong. She was characterised as a free spirited and independent girl. Her storylines have consistently followed themes such as romance, unrequited love and rejection. In what has been described as a "shock storyline" Ruby discovered her sister Charlie Buckton was in fact her mother. This had subsequent effects in her character development. She became out of place and confused about her life. It destroyed her trust in Charlie and their relationship never recovered. Ruby went on a journey of self-discovery and used men to redefine herself. Her relationship with Xavier Austin was characterised through their mutual friendship, which ended through lack of passion. She controversially fell in love with her music teacher Liam Murphy, the pair shared an emotional and creative connection through music. Yet, her advances were unrequited and it created problems with her state of mind and began binge drinking. Breeds felt the storyline differed to her romance with Xavier, as it showed Ruby "headstrong and unconfined". Breeds felt they were ill-suited to one another.
Johnny Ruffo
Ruffo made his acting debut in the Australian television soap opera "Home and Away" during its 26th season on 1 April 2013 as Chris Harrington. He was initially contracted to appear in 16 episodes, but this was later extended. Ruffo's third single "Untouchable" was released on 12 July 2013, and debuted at number 39 on the ARIA Singles Chart. His fourth single "She Got That O" was released independently on 15 May 2015, but failed to chart. On 11 December 2015, Ruffo released a Christmas single, a cover of the timeless classic, "White Christmas". On 27 April 2016, Channel 7 announced through their Twitter account that Ruffo had left "Home and Away" to pursue new challenges. Ruffo stated, "I've loved my time in Summer Bay. There's a lot more coming up for Chris and I hope fans continue enjoying his time on screen." Ruffo's final episode of "Home and Away" screened on 22 September 2016. On 10 May 2016, it was announced that Ruffo would be featuring in the Channel Nine miniseries, "House of Bond", about former WA businessman Alan Bond, to be filmed in Perth and Sydney. "House of Bond" aired on 24 and 25 April 2017.