
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine an engineer, and John Ormond, a stockbroker. Ormond is the second of five children born to her parents. She first attended Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School. There, her first lead roles 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 which she attended until 1988. Ormond first appeared in British television in the 1989 serial Traffik, about the illegal heroin trade from the far East to the streets of Europe. Ormond played the heroin addicted daughter of the lead character, a Home Office minister working to combat heroin importation. This first appearance earned him rave reviews.
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