Julia Ormond facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Julia Ormond
Ormond at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Julia Karin Ormond (1965-01-04) 4 January 1965 (age 60) Epsom, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Spouse(s)	Rory Edwards ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1994)​ Jon Rubin ​ ​ (m. 1999; div. 2008)​
Children	1

Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is a talented English actress who has starred in many movies and TV shows. She became well-known for her roles in films like Legends of the Fall (1994) and Sabrina (1995). She also won an Emmy Award for her acting in the TV movie Temple Grandin (2010). More recently, she played a main character in The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020).

Early Life and Education

Julia Ormond was born in Epsom, England. Her mother, Josephine, worked in a lab, and her father, John Ormond, was a stockbroker. Julia has an older sister. Her parents divorced when she was five years old. She also has three younger half-siblings from her father's second marriage.

Julia went to private schools, including Guildford High School and Cranleigh School. Even when she was young, her acting in school plays like Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady started to get noticed. After spending a year at art school, she decided to focus on acting. She then went to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and finished her studies there in 1988.

Julia Ormond's Acting Career

Julia Ormond started her acting journey on British television in 1989. Her first big role was in a TV series called Traffik. In this show, she played the daughter of a government minister. Her performance in this early role received great reviews.

Early Film and TV Roles

Early in her career, Julia appeared in several TV movies. These included Young Catherine (1991) and Stalin (1992). In 1993, she made her first big movie appearance in The Baby of Mâcon. The next year, she co-starred in the popular film Legends of the Fall.

In 1995, Julia Ormond played the famous Queen Guinevere in the movie First Knight. That same year, she took on the main role in Sabrina. She continued to star in films like the thriller Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) and the Russian film The Barber of Siberia (1998).

Later Roles and Achievements

Since the late 1990s, Julia Ormond has appeared in many independent films and television movies. She has also played important supporting roles in bigger movies. Some of these include Iron Jawed Angels (2004), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), and My Week with Marilyn (2011).

Ormond in 2005

Julia also has her own production company called Indican Productions. This company helped produce a documentary called Calling the Ghosts: A Story about ..., War and Women. This documentary won several awards, including a CableACE Award and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

On stage, Julia Ormond was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2001 for her role in the play My Zinc Bed. On television, she was a guest star on the CBS series CSI: NY in 2008–09. In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her supporting role in the TV movie Temple Grandin. She also appeared in seven episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2011.

From 2012 to 2015, Julia played Marie Calvet in the series Mad Men. For this role, she was nominated for an Emmy Award. She also starred as Joanna Beauchamp in the TV series Witches of East End from 2013 to 2014. More recently, from 2020 to 2021, she played Elizabeth Kublek in the AMC series The Walking Dead: World Beyond.

Personal Life and Advocacy

In 1988, Julia Ormond married actor Rory Edwards, but they divorced in 1994. She later married Jon Rubin in 1999, and they had a daughter named Sophie in 2004. They divorced in 2008. Julia Ormond lives in Malibu, California.

Julia Ormond has been a strong advocate against human trafficking since the mid-1990s. Human trafficking is a serious problem where people are forced into work or situations against their will. In 2006, she started working with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to help raise awareness about this issue. She also supports Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS, which works to raise awareness about AIDS in Russia and Ukraine. She is also a co-founder of FilmAid International.

On December 2, 2005, Julia Ormond was named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. In this role, she focuses on fighting human trafficking. She works to make people more aware of this modern form of slavery and promotes efforts to stop it. As an ambassador, Julia has spoken to the United States House of Representatives and traveled around the world to spread her message. In 2007, she started an organization called the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET).

Filmography

Film Roles

Television Roles

Awards and Nominations

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