
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine, a laboratory technician and John Ormond, a stockbroker. Ormond is the second of five children to her parents. She went to private schools, initially Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School, where early lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady began to draw attention. After a year in art school , she was moved to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art where she was graduated in 1988. Ormond was first seen on British television in 1989's serial Traffik. This show focused on the illegal heroin trade across the world, from the far East to Europe. Ormond played the drug addicted daughter of the main character, who was a Home Office minister in the UK government who was involved in fighting heroin imports. This role received glowing reviews from the beginning.
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