Brianna Ruffalo's bio: age, height, husband, salary, ABC7 News

Brianna Ruffalo works as a weather and traffic anchor for ABC7. Since joining the media house, she has caught the attention of many viewers who love her work. Additionally, Brianna has become a favorite of many who want to know more about her personal life and career progress.

Being in the spotlight occasionally makes Brianna Ruffalo the center of attention over things unrelated to her job. For instance, she made waves in March 2024 for supporting character Andrew Hennings (played by Patrick Dempsey) in the 2002 rom-com Sweet Home Alabama. Many were surprised when she did not side with Jake Perry (played by Brianna's real-life boyfriend, Josh Lucas).

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Who is Brianna Ruffalo?

Brianna Nicole Ruffalo is an American journalist and meteorologist working at ABC7 News. She serves the network as a weathercaster and traffic reporter. Many who tune in to this network know Nicole for her confidence, eloquence, and vibrant sense of fashion.

What is Brianna Ruffalo's age?

The ABC7 journalist is 33 years old as of 2024. She was born on 10th May 1991.

What is Brianna Ruffalo's nationality?

Ruffalo is an American citizen of a White ethnicity. The ABC7 news anchor was born in Los Angeles County, California, and raised in Santa Clarita Valley, Southern California.

What is Brianna Ruffalo's heritage?

Brianna Ruffalo's Instagram bio/profile states she is Italian-Greek.

Brianna Ruffalo's parents

Brianna often posts her parents on social media but doesn't share much about her mum. The ABC7 weather anchor has written on her Instagram bio that her father works for the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department). Some reports claim Brianna Ruffalo's father is a homicide detective.

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Brianna Ruffalo's sibling

She has a brother named Edward, who works in the Pasadena Fire Department.

Educational background

The Los Angeles native attended elementary and high schools in her home county before earning a Broadcast Journalism degree from California State University in Northridge. She later completed her meteorology studies at Mississippi State University in 2021.

Career history

Brianna Ruffalo started her career as an associate producer at KTLA, a television station in Los Angeles, California. She then moved to the Tribune Broadcasting Company in Chicago, Illinois, where she co-produced shows.

While working at Tribune Broadcasting, Ruffalo also co-produced her first documentary in Missouri and covered the life of former American soldiers, now quadruple amputees, who survived the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Brianna joined ABC7 News as a weather forecaster and reporter in 2019. Before then, she was a reporter for ABC30, ABC7's sister station, in Fresno, California. Ruffalo covered investigative, money, and health topics at ABC30 from March 2017 until 2019.

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Is Brianna Ruffalo leaving ABC7?

There is no official communication about the journalist's intention to leave ABC7 News.

How much is Brianna Ruffalo's salary?

There is no official information about the journalist's salary or net worth. Even so, it is apparent that she rakes a significant amount annually for her work at ABC7 News.

Sources estimate the total annual pay for a news anchor/reporter at WWSB ABC7 ranges between $50K and $94K. The amount includes the base yearly salary and additional payments.

Is Brianna Ruffalo married?

The ABC7 journalist is not married but her love life is an open book. Brianna does not shy away from letting the world know some of male celebrities she is and has dated.

Is Brianna Ruffalo in a relationship?

The ABC7 Los Angeles meteorologist is dating American actor Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer, simply known as Josh Lucas. The two made their romance public a year ago, and their 20-year age gap does not seem to hinder their relationship.

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How old is Brianna Ruffalo's boyfriend?

American actor Josh Lucas is 53 as of 2024. He was born on 20 June 971 at Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.

Lucas debuted his acting career in 1990 and has appeared in TV series like The Mysteries of Laura (2014–2016) and Yellowstone (2018–2022). He is also known for his roles in films like Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), and The Black Demon (2023). What's more, Josh is the voice of the Home Depot commercials.

Brianna Ruffalo and the actor gave fans a little insight into their relationship while attending Apple TV+'s Palm Royale series premiere on 14 March 2024.

When E! News' Erin Lim Rhodes asked Brianna how often she made Lucas re-watch his Sweet Home Alabama movie, the ABC7 Los Angeles meteorologist said it wasn't frequent and revealed her reason. She explained:

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I'm Team Patrick Dempsey.

Brianna hoped Patrick Dempsey's character, Andrew, would end up with Melanie (played by Reese Witherspoon).

While speaking about their experience watching the movie for the first time, Josh said:

We actually watched part of it once and she fell asleep, like, 10 minutes in and was still like, 'I'm still Team Patrick,' And that was it.

He also noted:

From day one, she was like, 'Oh yeah, you were the other guy.' She was like, 'I didn't like you because you like, stole her from Patrick.'

In the Sweet Home Alabama movie, Melanie, a famous New York fashion designer, returns to her small Alabama village to finish her divorce from Jake Perry (Josh Lucas) and gets engaged to an affluent New Yorker called Andrew (Patrick Dempsey).

Melanie married Jake only because she had just graduated from high school and was pregnant. After losing the pregnancy, she fled for seven years, hating her hometown, parents, and husband. The young girl built a new life of glamor, money, and prestige before returning to her hometown to seek a divorce.

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In the end, Melanie's wedding to Andrew falls apart when it is revealed that she did not sign her divorce papers. She abandons her wedding and runs to the beach to reconcile with Jake, confessing that she still loves him.

On 16 March 2024, a day after the Palm Royale launch, Brianna shared on Instagram photos of herself and Josh Lucas on the carpet and captioned:

Proud girlfriend so excited for my honey @joshlucas and the absolutely STELLAR cast of Palm Royale. What a beautiful premiere last night with Josh’s family.. can’t wait for everyone to see it on @appletv in just a few days March 20th! Blown away after seeing the first episode last night and cannot WAIT to see more ⭐️ #PalmRoyale #appletvplus

Are Will Carr and Brianna Ruffalo still together?

American journalists Carr and Brianna are no longer dating and this breaks the hearts of many who were rooting for their relationship to lead to a happy marriage. They met shortly after Carr began working for ABC News.

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After publicizing their relationship on social media in early 2019, fans were confident the national ABC News correspondent would be Brianna Ruffalo's husband someday. Nonetheless, the two never publicly shared plans to wed or marry each other.

Is Brianna Ruffalo related to Mark Ruffalo?

The two are not related by blood and have no relationship whatsoever. The American actor/producer only shares a surname with ABC7 journalist Brianna Nicole Ruffalo. Also, according to Mark Ruffalo's Wikipedia biography, one of his sisters is called Nicole Ruffalo.

Mark is way older than Brianna. The now-56-year-old (born on 22 November 1967) debuted his acting career in 1989 and rose to fame after starring in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996).

Where is Brianna Ruffalo now?

Brianna lives in Los Angeles, California, where she works for ABC7.

What is Brianna Ruffalo's height and weight?

The journalist is 5 feet 6 inches (168 cm) tall and weighs about (132 lbs.) or 60 kg.

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Brianna Ruffalo's Instagram page

Brianna Ruffalo's photos on Instagram and other social media accounts captivate many because of her outstanding dressing.

Many have expressed admiration for Brianna Ruffalo's dresses. The ABC7 journalist has an eye for beautiful and unique outfits.

Facts about Brianna Ruffalo

• She likes to travel to new places.
• She visits family and friends when she is not working.
• She enjoys spending time outdoors.
• She loves Yorkie dogs and has one as a pet.

Part of the reasons weather reporter and meteorologist Brianna Ruffalo is famous worldwide is because her employer, ABC7, is among the top television networks in the US. She is among the many ABC7 female journalists making notable milestones in the American media industry.

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