
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine an engineer and John Ormond, a stockbroker. She is the fifth of five children to her parents. First, she attended Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School. There, her first lead roles in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady were noticed. After one year of art school, she was transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She graduated in 1988. Ormond first appeared on British TV in the drama Traffik that focused on the illicit heroin trade that flows from the far East into the streets of Europe. Ormond was the heroin addict daughter of the main character and was also a Home Office minister working to combat the importation of heroin. This was Ormond's first role and was praised by the critics as a success.
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