Cast
The seventh season has twenty actors receive star billing. Continuing in their roles from the previous season, the teenagers are portrayed by Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt, Lauren Collins as Paige Michalchuk, Stacey Farber as Ellie Nash, Aubrey Graham as Jimmy Brooks, Shenae Grimes as Darcy Edwards, Jamie Johnston as Peter Stone, Shane Kippel as Gavin "Spinner" Mason, Mike Lobel as Jay Hogart, Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson, Adamo Ruggiero as Marco Del Rossi, and Cassie Steele as Manuela "Manny" Santos. As the adults in the series Stefan Brogren plays the part of Archie "Snake" Simpson, Melissa DiMarco plays Principal Daphne Hatzilakos, and Amanda Stepto plays Spike Nelson. Brogren and Stepto had played the same characters in Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High, two of the preceding series in the Degrassi franchise. Charlotte Arnold, Mazin Elsadig and Paula Brancati are introduced as Holly J. Sinclair, Damien Hayes and Jane Vaughn, respectively, who are new students to Degrassi Community School as a result of the recent closure of their former school, Lakehurst. Dalmar Abuzeid, Marc Donato and Nina Dobrev, portraying Danny Van Zandt, Derek Haig and Mia Jones respectively, are promoted from recurring cast members to the main cast list.
Returning in their recurring roles are Jake Goldsbie as Toby Isaacs, Melissa McIntyre as Ashley Kerwin, Scott Paterson as Johnny DiMarco, Steve Belford as Jesse Stefanovic, Linlyn Lue as Ms. Kwan, and Jennifer Podemski as Ms. Sauve. Raymond Ablack, Marc Minardi and Samantha Munro are introduced in recurring roles as former Lakehurst students Sav Bhandari, Lucas Valieri and Anya MacPherson. Nathan Stephenson also joins the roster of recurring cast members as Griffin, the new roommate in Ellie, Marco and Paige's apartment. Deanna Casaluce, who had appeared as Alex Nuñez since season three, appears in the second and third episodes before leaving the series.
Stacie Mistysyn, who portrayed Caitlin Ryan in the earlier incarnations of Degrassi, as well as seasons one to five of Degrassi: The Next Generation, guest stars in episode eight, "Jessie's Girl". Jake Epstein, who had appeared in seasons two through five in a starring role as Craig Manning, guest stars in the fourteenth episode "Bust a Move, Part Two", which also features a guest appearance from Shirley Douglas as Smithdale University's Professor Dunwoody. Episode twenty features a guest appearance from Free the Children founder Craig Kielburger as himself, and Daniel Clark returns to play Sean Cameron. English pop singer Natasha Bedingfield appears in the season finale performing her songs "Unwritten" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" at the graduation prom.
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