Penny Downie
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jan 1, 1954 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Queensland, Australia
Biography
Penny Downie is an Australian actress known for her stage and television appearances in the United Kingdom. From 2017 until 2021 she played Ellen in the British TV sitcom Back. She plays the US ambassador’s house manager Frances Munning in the 2023 Netflix political thriller series The Diplomat.
Known For
| 2024 | The Jester from TransylvaniaMrs. Pennington | |
| 2023 | The DiplomatFrances Munning | |
| 2022 | The Chelsea DetectiveHilary Carmichael | |
| 2021 | Whitstable PearlIzzy | |
| 2017 | BreatheTid | |
| 2017 | BackEllen | |
| 2017 | AbsentiaValerie Chandris | |
| 2016 | London Has FallenHome Secretary Rose Kenter | |
| 2016 | JackieJanet Lee | |
| 2016 | Houdini & DoyleMrs. Sulzbach | |
| 2016 | The CrownDuchess of Gloucester | |
| 2013 | Father BrownRev. Mother Augustine | |
| 2012 | Ripper StreetFlora Gable | |
| 2011 | W.E.Dr. Vargas | |
| 2011 | VeraVeronica | |
| 2011 | SilkHelen Guthrie | |
| 2010 | Downton AbbeyLady Sinderby | |
| 2009 | HamletGertrude | |
| 2009 | InvictusMrs. Pienaar | |
| 2006 | Taken at the FloodFrances Cloade | |
| 2006 | New Street LawHonor Scammel | |
| 2005 | The Girl in the CaféRuth | |
| 2005 | FallingHazel Kent | |
| 2005 | Murder in RomeCaecilia | |
| 2005 | All About GeorgeEvelyn | |
| 2005 | All About GeorgeEvelyn | |
| 2004 | Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk StockingJudith Massingham | |
| 2004 | Murder in SuburbiaZenith | |
| 2003 | ByronLady Judith Milbanke | |
| 2003 | Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his MindSelf - Narrator | |
| 2003 | ByronLady Judith Milbanke | |
| 2002 | SpooksProsecution QC | |
| 2001 | The CazaletsSid | |
| 2001 | Waking the DeadBonnie Yorke | |
| 2000 | The House of MirthJudy Trenor | |
| 1999 | Lost for WordsAileen Longden | |
| 1998 | Crime and PunishmentKaterina | |
| 1998 | A Certain JusticeVenetia Aldridge | |
| 1997 | Food of LoveMary | |
| 1997 | The Ice HousePhoebe Maybury | |
| 1996 | MadsonAnderton | |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C.Mrs. Rosalind McEnery | |
| 1994 | ParadiseLinda | |
| 1991 | ExSheila | |
| 1991 | Stanley and the WomenSusan Duke | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's PoirotFrances Cloade | |
| 1988 | A Taste for DeathKate Miskin | |
| 1987 | LionheartMadelaine | |
| 1987 | Inspector MorseNurse Wendy Hazlitt | |
| 1985 | WetherbyChrissie | |
| 1983 | DalglieshKate Miskin | |
| 1982 | CrosstalkCindy | |
| 1982 | TimewatchCaecilia | |
| 1979 | MinderDee Rogers |