
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine, a laboratory technician and John Ormond, a stockbroker. She is the fifth of five children to her parents. She went to private school, first Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School, where early lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady started to attract attention. After a short time in art school, she was transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She graduated in 1988. Ormond first appeared on British TV in the series Traffik. The series was centered on the illegal trade in heroin, from the far East up to Europe. Ormond was the heroin addict daughter of the character, a Home Office minister working to combat heroin importation. The role was praised from the beginning.
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