
Ormond was the daughter of Josephine, a lab technician and John Ormond (a stockbroker) from Epsom, Surrey. Ormond is the fifth of five children born to her parents. At first, she attended Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School. There, her early lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady were noticed. After one year of arts school, she was transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in 1988. Ormond first made an appearance in British television in the 1989 series Traffik The story revolves around the illicit heroin trade from the Far East to the streets of Europe. Ormond played the addict daughter of the main character, who was a Home Office minister in the UK government that was involved in fighting heroin importation. This early role won glowing reviews.
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