
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine who was a laboratory technician, and John Ormond, a stockbroker. Ormond is the second of five children to her parents. In the beginning, she was a student at Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School. There, her early lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady were noticed. After a single year at arts school, she was transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art where she graduated in 1988. Ormond was first seen on British television in 1989's serial Traffik. The series was centered on the illicit heroin trade which was carried out from the middle of the East up to Europe. Ormond was the heroin-addicted daughter of the main character a Home Office minister who was involved in battling heroin imports. The role was praised right from the start.
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