
Ormond was born in Epsom (Surrey) as the daughter of Josephine, who is an engineer and John Ormond. Ormond is the third of five kids born to her parents. She attended private schools, first Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School, where early leading performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady began to draw attention. After a single year of art school , she was moved to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art where she graduated in 1988. Ormond first appeared in British television in the 1989 drama Traffik which focused on the illegal heroin trade from the far East to the streets of Europe. Ormond was the addicted daughter of the lead character, who was a Home Office minister in the UK government engaged in combating heroin importation. It was the first time Ormond had a role and was praised by the critics as a success.
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