
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine, a laboratory technician, and John Ormond, a stockbroker. She is the third of five kids born to her parents. She went to private school, first Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School, where early stage performances like Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady started to garner attention. After a year in art school, she transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in 1988. Ormond was first seen on British television in the 1989 serial Traffik. This series focused on the illegal heroin trade that was thriving from the Far East to Europe. Ormond played the heroin-addicted daughter of the main character a Home Office minister who was involved in fighting heroin importation. The character's first appearance earned him rave reviews.
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