Julia Ormond

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Julia Ormond
Julia Ormond Cannes.jpg
Ormond at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
Born Julia Karin Ormond
(1965-01-04) 4 January 1965 (age 48)
Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active 1989–present
Spouse(s)
  • Rory Edwards (m. 1989–d. 1994)
  • Jon Rubin (m. 1999–d. 2008)
Children 1

Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is an English actress. 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).

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Early life [edit]

Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine, a laboratory technician, and John Ormond, a computer software designer.[1] 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.[2][3]

Career [edit]

Ormond appeared in several television films early in her career, such as Young Catherine (1991) and Stalin (1992). In 1993 Ormond made her film debut in the lead role of an international movie, The Baby of Mâcon.[4] In the following year she co-starred with Brad Pitt in Legends of the Fall.

In 1995 Ormond played lead roles in Jerry Zucker's First Knight opposite Richard Gere and Sean Connery and also in Sydney Pollack's Sabrina with Harrison Ford.[4] In 1997 she played a lead role in the box office bomb thriller film Smilla's Sense of Snow.[5] She also appeared in the 1998 Russian film The Barber of Siberia.[4]

Since late 1990's Ormond has appeared in indie and television movies and played supporting roles in films, such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Che: Part One (2008) and My Week with Marilyn (2011).[4] She 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.[6] On stage, she appeared of David Hare's My Zinc Bed, for which she won an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.[7]

On television, Ormond appeared as a guest star during the 2008-09 season of the CBS series CSI: NY.[8] In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her supporting role in the HBO film Temple Grandin.[9] She also guest starred in the tenth and final season of USA Network's series Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2011. In addition, she plays the part of Marie Calvet, mother to Megan Draper, in the AMC TV series Mad Men. For her performance on Mad Men, she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2012.[10]

Ormond will star in upcoming Lifetime series Witches of East End as the lead character.[11]

Personal life [edit]

Ormond married Rory Edwards, an actor she had met while performing in a production of Wuthering Heights. The marriage ended in 1994.[12] In 1999, she married political activist Jon Rubin.[12] The couple's first child, daughter Sophie, was born in the autumn of 2004.[12] She is no longer married to Rubin.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

On 2 December 2005, Ormond was appointed as 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.[16] In her capacity as ambassador, Ormond has appeared as council to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations,[17] Subcommittee on Africa,[17] Global Human Rights and International Operations, and has travelled the world as an ambassador.[18]

Ormond established the Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET).[19] ASSET was instrumental in passing the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act.[20]

Filmography [edit]

Film [edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1993 The Baby of Mâcon The Daughter
1994 Nostradamus Marie
1994 Captives Rachel Clifford
1994 Legends of the Fall Susannah Fincannon
1995 First Knight Guinevere
1995 Sabrina Sabrina Fairchild
1997 Smilla's Sense of Snow Smilla Jasperson
1998 The Barber of Siberia Jane Callahan
2000 The Prime Gig Caitlin Carlson
2003 Resistance Claire Daussois
2006 Inland Empire Doris Side
2007 I Know Who Killed Me Susan Fleming
2008 Surveillance Elizabeth Anderson
2008 Che: Part One Lisa Howard
2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Margaret Kittredge
2008 La Conjura de El Escorial Princesa de Éboli
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Caroline Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2011 The Music Never Stopped Dianne Daley
2011 The Green Karen
2011 Albatross Joa
2011 My Week with Marilyn Vivien Leigh
2012 Chained Sarah Fittler
2013 The East Paige
2013 Exploding Sun Joan Elias post-production

Television [edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Traffik Caroline Lithgow TV miniseries
1989 Capital City Alison Episode: "Rainforest"
1990 Ruth Rendell Mysteries Nora Fanshawe 3 episodes
1991 Young Catherine Catherine Nominated — Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
1992 Stalin Nadya Alliluyeva
1999 Animal Farm Jessie voice
2002 Varian's War Miriam Davenport Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
2004 Iron Jawed Angels Inez Millholland
2005 Beach Girls Stevie Moore TV miniseries
2006 The Way TV pilot
2007 Mr. and Mrs. Smith TV pilot
2008-2009 CSI: NY Deputy Inspector Gillian Whitford 3 episodes
2010 The Wronged Man Janet Gregory
2010 Temple Grandin Eustacia Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2010 Nurse Jackie Sarah Khouri 3 episodes
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dr. Paula Gyson 7 episodes
2012 Mad Men Marie Calvet 2 episodes
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2013 Witches of East End Joanna Beauchamp TV series, Lead role

References [edit]

  1. ^ Julia Ormond Biography (1965-)
  2. ^ The Cranleighan, vol 32, 1982, p6-8
  3. ^ The Cranleighan, vol 33, 1983, p86
  4. ^ a b c d Julia Ormond- Biography
  5. ^ Box office / business for Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
  6. ^ Ray Richmond, "CableACE Awards", Variety, November 16, 1997. Calling the Ghosts won Best International Informational Special or Series.
  7. ^ Olivier Awards Official Site: Olivier Winners 2001
  8. ^ TV Guide, TV Guide News (2008-09-18). "CSI: NY Adds Scott Wolf to its Big "Mac" Attack". Retrieved 2008-11-19. 
  9. ^ "Temple Grandin awards" at Emmys.com, retrieved January 2, 2011
  10. ^ http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2012/Outstanding%20Guest%20Actress%20In%20A%20Drama%20Series
  11. ^ Lifetime’s ‘Witches Of East End’ Picked Up To Series
  12. ^ a b c Bio at IMDb
  13. ^ Iley, Chrissy, "The star who fell to earth." 11 November 2011, Daily Mail
  14. ^ "Vital Voices: Julia Ormond". Archived from the original on December 20, 2005. Retrieved October 6, 2005. 
  15. ^ "Kaiser Family Foundation: Actress Julia Ormond Joins Fight". Retrieved October 6, 2005. 
  16. ^ "UNODC Goodwill Ambassador Julia Ormond to open exhibition of Howard G. Buffett photographs on human trafficking" UNODC web site
  17. ^ a b House Committee on Foreign Affairs :: U.S. House of Representatives
  18. ^ UN.GIFT celebrity partners
  19. ^ Who We Are ASSET web site
  20. ^ ASSET web site

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