
Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine, a laboratory technician and John Ormond, a stockbroker. She is the second child of five children for her parents. She went to private schools, initially Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School, where early stage performances like Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady started to attract attention. After one year of art college, she transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Her graduation was in 1988. Ormond was first seen on British television in the 1989 serial Traffik. The series was centered on the illegal heroin trade that was thriving from the Far East up to Europe. Ormond was the heroin addict daughter of the main character who was a Home Office minister working to fight heroin imports. The role was praised at the outset.
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