Julia Ormond

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::summary English actress (born 1965) ::

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name	Julia Ormond
image	Julia Ormond Cannes.jpg
caption	Ormond at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival
birth_name	Julia Karin Ormond
birth_date
birth_place	Epsom, Surrey, England
occupation	Actress
yearsactive	1989–present
spouse	{{Plainlist
* {{Marriage	Rory Edwards
* {{Marriage	Jon Rubin
children	1
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Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is an English actress. She rose to prominence by appearing in The Baby of Mâcon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), First Knight (1995), Sabrina (1995), Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997), and The Barber of Siberia (1998). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for her role in the HBO film Temple Grandin (2010). She is also known for her role in The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020) as a main antagonist.

Early life and education

Ormond was born in Epsom in Surrey, the daughter of Josephine, a laboratory technician, and John Ormond, a stockbroker. She has an elder sister and was five when her parents divorced. She has three younger, half-siblings from her father's second marriage. She has admitted to a fear of heights.

She was educated privately, firstly at Guildford High School and then at Cranleigh School, where early acting lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady began to draw attention.

After one year of art school, she transferred to Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in 1988.

Career

Ormond first appeared on British television in the 1989 serial Traffik, about the illegal heroin trade from the far East to the streets of Europe. Ormond played the drug-addicted daughter of the lead character, a Home Office minister in the UK government engaged in combating heroin importation. This early role won glowing reviews.

Ormond appeared in several television films early in her career, such as Young Catherine (1991) and Stalin (1992). In 1993, she made her film debut in the lead role of an international movie, The Baby of Mâcon, and the following year co-starred in Legends of the Fall.

In 1995, Ormond played Queen Guinevere in First Knight and the title role in Sabrina. In 1997, she played a lead role in the thriller* Smilla's Sense of Snow* and, in 1998, she starred in the Russian film The Barber of Siberia.

Since the late 1990s, Ormond has appeared in indie and television movies and played supporting roles in films such as Iron Jawed Angels (2004), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Che: Part One (2008), Albatross (2011), and My Week with Marilyn (2011).

Ormond has an independent production company, Indican Productions, based in New York City, and she executive-produced the Cinemax Reel Life documentary Calling the Ghosts: A Story about Rape, War and Women, which won a CableACE Award and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and was an official selection of the Toronto and Berlin International Film Festivals.

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In 2012, she played the part of Marie Calvet, mother to Megan Draper, in the series Mad Men, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. From 6 October 2013 to 5 October 2014, Ormond starred in the television series Witches of East End as Joanna Beauchamp, one of the lead characters. Since 2020, she has portrayed the primary antagonist, Elizabeth Kublek, in the AMC television series The Walking Dead: World Beyond.

Personal life

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 married political activist Jon Rubin in 1999, and their child, Sophie, was born in the autumn of 2004. The couple divorced in 2008 and Ormond lives in Malibu, California.

Ormond has been fighting human trafficking since the mid-1990s, and in 2006 she entered into a partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to help increase awareness efforts. 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 2 December 2005, Ormond was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Her focus has been on anti-human-trafficking initiatives, raising awareness about this modern form of slavery and promoting efforts to combat it. In her capacity as ambassador, Ormond has appeared as counsel to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa,

In 2007, Ormond established the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET).

On 4 October 2023, Ormond filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, alleging that he sexually assaulted her in 1995. The suit also seeks damages from The Walt Disney Company, Miramax, and Creative Artists Agency, claiming that these companies failed to protect her from his abuse.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	**	The Daughter
1994	Nostradamus	Marie
Captives	Rachel Clifford
Legends of the Fall	Susannah Fincannon-Ludlow
1995	First Knight	Guinevere
Sabrina	Sabrina Fairchild
1997	Smilla's Sense of Snow	Smilla Jaspersen
1998	**	Jane Callahan
2001	**	Caitlin Carlson
Varian's War	Miriam Davenport
2003	Resistance	Claire Daussois
2006	Inland Empire	Doris Side
2007	I Know Who Killed Me	Susan Fleming
2008	Surveillance	Elizabeth Anderson
Che	Lisa Howard
La Conjura de El Escorial	Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli
**	Caroline Fuller
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	Margaret Kittredge
2011	**	Dianne Daley
**	Karen
Albatross	Joa Fischer
My Week with Marilyn	Vivien Leigh
2012	Chained	Sarah Fittler
2013	**	Paige Williams
2017	Rememory	Carolyn Dunn
2018	Ladies in Black	Magda
2020	Son of the South	Virginia Durr
Reunion	Ivy
2023	Home Education	Carol Glimm
2025	Saurus City	Queen Rachel	Voice
	Reminisce	Dr. Rose	Post-production
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Traffik	Caroline Lithgow	Miniseries
Capital City	Alison	Episode: "Rainforest"
1990	**	Nora Fanshawe	Episode: "The Best Man to Die: Parts 1, 2, & 3"
1991	Young Catherine	Catherine	Movie
1992	Stalin	Nadezhda Alliluyeva
1999	Animal Farm	Jessie (voice)
2001	Varian's War: The Forgotten Hero	Miriam Davenport
2004	Iron Jawed Angels	Inez Milholland
2005	Beach Girls	Stevie Moore	Miniseries
2007	Mr. and Mrs. Smith	Mother	Short
2008–09	CSI: NY	Gillian Whitford	3 episodes
2010	The Wronged Man	Janet Gregory	Movie
Temple Grandin	Eustacia Grandin
Nurse Jackie	Sarah Khouri	5 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Paula Gyson	7 episodes
2012–2015	Mad Men	Marie Calvet	5 episodes
2013	Exploding Sun	Joan Elias	Movie
2013–2014	Witches of East End	Joanna Beauchamp	Main role
2016–2017	Incorporated	Elizabeth Krauss
2017	Tour de Pharmacy	Adrianna Baton	Movie
Howards End	Ruth Wilcox	Miniseries
2018	Forever	Marisol	2 episodes
2019	Gold Digger	Julia Day	Miniseries
2020–2021	The Walking Dead: World Beyond	Elizabeth Kublek	Main role; 11 episodes
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Awards and nominations

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Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1992	Gemini Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries	Young Catherine
1995	ShoWest Convention	Female Star of Tomorrow
2004	Gold Derby Awards	TV movie/Mini Supporting Actress	Iron Jawed Angels
2006	Camerimage	Krzysztof Kieslowski Award
2009	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Acting Ensemble	**
Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Gold Derby Awards	Ensemble Cast
2010	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie	Temple Grandin
2011	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Western Heritage Awards	Television Feature Film
Capri, Hollywood	Capri Ensemble Cast Award	My Week with Marilyn
2012	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Mad Men
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References

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