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Julia Ormond (born on January 4 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British actor with many stage and screen credits to her name.

Life and career

Ormond attended Guildford High School and Cranleigh School (a private school), and then studied acting in London, England at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 1988.

Ormond married Rory Edwards, an actor she had met while performing in a production of Wuthering Heights. The marriage ended in 1994. She later remarried a Jon Rubin in 1999. Ormond's first child, a girl, was born in the autumn of 2004.

She runs a production company named Indican Productions, which is based in New York.

Activism

Ormond has been an activist engaged with fighting human trafficking since the mid-1990s, and has recently partnered with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. She is also an advocate for Transatlantic Partners Against Aids, which attempts to raise awareness about Aids in Russia and Ukraine, and is founding co-chairman of FilmAid International.

On December 2 2005, Julia Ormond was appointed as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador by Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa. During her service, Miss Ormond has made a focus on anti-human trafficking initiatives, raising awareness about this modern form of slavery and promoting efforts to combat it. [1]

In her capacity as ambassador, Ormond has appeared as council to the United States House of Representatives, Commitee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, and has traveled across nations of the world, participating as ambassador. [2]

Partial filmography

• Guerrilla (2007)
• Inland Empire (2006)
• Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV)
• Varian's War (2001) (TV)
• The prime gig (2000)
• Animal Farm (1999) (TV) (voice)
• The Barber of Siberia (1998)
• Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
• Sabrina (1995)
• First Knight (1995)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Nostradamus (1994)
• The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
• Traffik (1989) (miniseries)

As a producer

• Calling the Ghosts : A Story of Rape, War and Women (1996)

Awards

• 1989 London Drama Critics' Award for best newcomer
• 1996 Nestor Almendros Award
• 2001 Laurence Olivier Award nomination

References

External links

• Julia Ormond - The Undefinitive Page - Jack's fan site
• Julia Ormond Picture Galleries

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