Dormer attended Chiltern Edge secondary school, before moving to Reading Blue Coat School, an independent boys' boarding school that admitted girls in the sixth form. During her school years she trained in dance at the Allenova School of Dancing [1], before training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She is also a member of the London Fencing Academy [2]. She starred as Victoria in Casanova. After this performance, she secured a three-film deal with Disney Touchstone. Dormer is currently starring as Anne Boleyn in Showtime's series The Tudors.