November 4, 2022 | 11:30 AM | Hyatt Regency Dallas
JULIA ORMOND is an award-winning actress, executive producer, advocate, and founder. Among her best-known film work, Julia has starred in Legends of the Fall, Sabrina, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Che. On the small screen, Ormond received an Emmy® Award in 2010 for her role in the HBO movie Temple Grandin, and one as Executive Producer of Calling the Ghosts: A Story of Rape, War and Women. In 2012 was nominated for a second Emmy® for her recurring role on Mad Men. She can most recently be seen in her series regular role in The Walking Dead; World Beyond, and in the still-to-be-released Reminisce.
Outside of her stellar acting career, Julia is first and foremost a “proud Mum” and dog owner who believes that every time we open our wallets, we should be voting for the world we want.
She was the first and former United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador Against Trafficking and Slavery. Julia is the Founder of the non-profit ASSET Campaign which is the source of the global legislation the Transparency in Supply Chains Law that requires major businesses to publicly disclose their policies to prevent human trafficking and forced labor in product supply chains. Julia also participated in Call and Response, a documentary on the state of enslavement today and one of the first documentaries promoting cell phone technology to accept immediate donations to the cause. She is an Associate Producer to Libby Spear’s Playground, which focuses on the environment that enables child trafficking within the U.S.
As an advocate, Julia has traveled the world assessing solutions and challenges, and has appeared as an expert witness before the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. For this advocacy work she received the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award and the Women for Women International’s Peace Award.
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