For the lady Guinevere, the object of two men's passion, the actress director Jerry Zucker had wanted to cast from day one was JULIA ORMOND, whom Zucker saw as Stalin's tormented wife in HBO's "Stalin" (winner of three Golden Globe Awards and four Emmys, including best picture) with Robert Duvall.
Ormond gained national recognition when she held her own opposite Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn and Anthony Hopkins in the critically-acclaimed box-office hit "Legends of the Fall."
Ormond studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy in London. Among her stage credits are "The Rehearsal," "Wuthering Heights," "Arms and the Man," "The Crucible" and Christopher Hampton's translation of "Faith, Hope and Charity," for which she received the 1989 London Drama Critics Award for best newcomer.
Ormond's television credits include "Traffik," which earned an international Emmy, four BAFTA awards, three FIPA awards, the Banff award for the best drama series and grand jury prize, and the Umbria Fiction Prize for the best mini-series and best of festival.
For her performances in the title role of "Young Catherine," Ormond earned a 1992 Gemini Award nomination from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
Her films include "The Baby of Macon," written and directed by Peter Greenaway, "Nostradamus," with Tcheky Karyo in the title role, and the upcoming release "Captives," in which she appears with Tim Roth.
She is currently starring for director Sydney Pollack in the title role of "Sabrina," opposite Harrison Ford.
