
Ormond was born in Epsom (Surrey) as the daughter of Josephine Ormond, a laboratory technician and John Ormond. She is the second of five children born to her parents. She first attended Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School. There, her initial lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady were noticed. After a year in art school she was transferred to Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1988. Ormond made her debut appearance on British television's 1989 drama Traffik. It was about illicit heroin trade between the Far East and the streets of Europe. Ormond was the heroin-addicted daughter of the main character an official from the Home Office minister who was involved in fighting heroin importation. This first appearance earned him rave reviews.
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