birth date:
January 04, 1965

birth place:
Epsom, Surrey, England, UK

comments:
The dark and classically beautiful British actress Julia Ormond has appeared in a wide variety of films including; Sabrina, First Knight and The Baby of Mâcon.


 
 
                          

. Julia Ormond

Nostradamus (1994)

Title: Nostradamus
Released: 1994
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 119 min
Country: France / UK / Germany / Romania
Language: English

Tagline: Never before has one man seen so much of the future. Your future

Plot Summary: Story of the life of the great prognosticator and of his early unwillingness to accept his ability to foresee the future. It is a time of the Black Plague and the Inquisitions, and as a doctor the film depicts his involvement, even to the monarchy of France, with these circumstances.

Comments: Most Nostradamus movies have him as an older man, a gloomy sort constantly predicting doom. This movie doesn't. Tcheky Karyo plays a very involved, interesting, and engaging version of Michel de Nostredame. I particularly liked the "vision" sequences, where he suddenly is dropped into the future to observe. I thought the part of the movie where he is confronted by the Inquisition was effective as well. The movie is flawed; it moves slowly, and finicky history buffs will find a few bumps. But overall this features a fine performance by Tcheky Karyo, beautiful photography and sets, and (I have to say) a sex scene with Julia Ormond that manages to be really hot and very tasteful at the same time. Summing up, "Nostradamus" has some strong performances, and a good (if slow) story. It kept my interest all the way through. I'm looking forward to getting it on DVD.


Scene Description: Julia Ormond having sex with Tcheky Karyo.

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Trivia
Signed a two year contract with Fox Searchlight Pictures to produce, direct and write. [May 1997]

attended West Surrey College of Art and Design (1989) received London Drama Critics Award for best newcomer

Formed a production company called Indican (a take-off on the words "in the can").

For the role of "Sabrina," she was instructed to cut her waist-length hair, which did not thrill her fans.

She actually plays the intro piano part in an early scene in Legends of the Fall.

She starred in three consecutive films in which she is caught between two or more men: Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, and Henry Thomas in Legends of the Fall; Sean Connery and Richard Gere in First Knight; and Harrison Ford and Greg Kinnear in Sabrina.

She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001 (2000 season) for Best Actress for her performance in My Zinc Bed at the Royal Court Theatre.


Julia Ormond - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography (list of movies she's appeared in)


Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV) .... Inez Millholland
Resistance (2003) .... Claire
Varian's War (2001) (TV) .... Miriam Davenport
Prime Gig, The (2000) .... Caitlin Carlson

Animal Farm (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Jessie
Sibirskij tsiryulnik (1998) .... Jane Callahan
... aka Barber of Siberia, The (1998)
... aka Barbier de Sibérie, Le (1999) (France)
... aka Barbiere di Siberia, Il (1999) (Italy)
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) .... Smilla Jasperson
... aka Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee (1997) (Germany)
... aka Fröken Smillas känsla för snö (1997) (Sweden)
... aka Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne (1997) (Denmark)
... aka Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1997)
Sabrina (1995) .... Sabrina Fairchild
... aka Sabrina (1995) (Germany)
First Knight (1995) .... Guinevere
Legends of the Fall (1994) .... Susannah Fincannon Ludlow
Captives (1994) .... Rachel Clifford
Nostradamus (1994/I) .... Marie
... aka Nostradamus - Prophezeiungen des Schreckens (1994) (Germany)
Baby of Mâcon, The (1993) .... The Daughter
... aka Wunder von Macon, Das (1993) (Germany)
Stalin (1992) (TV) .... Nadya Alliluyeva
Young Catherine (1991) (TV) .... Catherine
Best Man to Die, The (1990) (TV) .... Nora Fanshawe
... aka Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Best Man to Die (1990) (TV) (UK: series title)

"Capital City" (1989) TV Series
"Traffik" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Caroline Lithgow


Julia Ormond - Notable TV Guest Appearances
"Rosie O'Donnell Show, The" (1996) playing "Herself" 6 February 1997