
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine an engineer and John Ormond, a stockbroker. She is the second of five children to her parents. She first attended Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School. There, her early lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady were noticed. After a year in art school, she transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1988. Ormond first appeared in British television in the 1989 serial Traffik that focused on the illegal drug trade from the middle of the East to the streets of Europe. Ormond was the heroin addict daughter of the lead character and was also a Home Office minister working to combat the importation of heroin. It was the first time Ormond had a role and was received with acclaim.
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