And it's not that going out for a hack is wrong or bad, I certainly don't view it as that; it's just that there's something about the dressage, being put through your paces, that makes you better.

Early life
Ormond was born in Epsom Surrey the daughter of Josephine a laboratory technician and John Ormond a computer software designer. She attended independent schools first Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School where early lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady began to draw special attention. In the following year Julia Ormond co-starred with Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall.

She rose to prominence appearing in such films as Legends of the Fall (1994) First Knight (1995) Sabrina (1995) and The Barber of Siberia (1998). She won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for role in HBO movie Temple Grandin (2010).