
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine the laboratory technician and John Ormond, a stockbroker. Ormond is the fifth of five children born to her parents. She went to private school, first Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School, where early leading performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady started to garner attention. After a year in art college, she moved to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She graduated in 1988. Ormond made her debut appearance on British television's 1989 drama Traffik. It focused on illicit heroin trade between the far East as well as the streets of Europe. Ormond was the addicted daughter of the main character, who was a Home Office minister in the UK government engaged in combating heroin imports. This role received glowing reviews right from the start.
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