Not a Diva at All: What the American Beauty in ‘The Barber of Siberia’ Looks Like Today

In the 1990s, Julia Ormond was jokingly called the second Julia Roberts. After a love duet with Richard Gere in The First Knight, she rose to worldwide fame – and consolidated the effect with the lead role in the romantic comedy with Harrison Ford “Sabrina” (1995).

During the same period, Julia received an invitation to star in “The Barber of Siberia” by Nikita Mikhalkov. In the historical epic, the foreigner got the main female role – the adventurer Jane Calagen, for whose love the hero of Oleg Menshikov ends up in hard labor in Siberia.

The role of a stranger in Mikhalkov’s drama became one of the most significant episodes in Julia’s film career. In the years 2000-2010, she starred in minor roles in television series, and even then irregularly. Activism has become the woman’s main activity: in 2005, Ormond became the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and today works to introduce various laws and projects in California.

Julia turned 58 in January. At social events, a woman has not been seen since 2019 – and even then she was far from Hollywood beauty standards.

By the way, Ormond herself has more than once explained why she decided not to follow the example of stellar peers who keep youth and beauty at all costs.

“I’m in my 50s, so don’t expect me to look perfect. My life is now my job, my family, my public interests,” says Julia.