Penny Downie
Acting
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.
Born: January 1, 1954 · Queensland, Australia
Filmography (37)
TV
The Diplomat
2023
Actor: Frances Munning
TV
The Chelsea Detective
2022
Actor: Hilary Carmichael
TV
Whitstable Pearl
2021
Actor: Izzy
Breathe
2017
Actor: Tid
TV
Absentia
2017
Actor: Valerie Chandris
TV
Back
2017
Actor: Ellen
Jackie
2016
Actor: Janet Lee
TV
The Crown
2016
Actor: Duchess of Glouces…
TV
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Actor: Mrs. Sulzbach
London Has Fallen
2016
Actor: Home Secretary Ros…
TV
Father Brown
2013
Actor: Rev. Mother August…
TV
Ripper Street
2012
Actor: Flora Gable
W.E.
2011
Actor: Dr. Vargas
TV
Vera
2011
Actor: Veronica
TV
Silk
2011
Actor: Helen Guthrie
TV
Downton Abbey
2010
Actor: Lady Sinderby
Hamlet
2009
Actor: Gertrude
Invictus
2009
Actor: Mrs. Pienaar
TV
New Street Law
2006
Actor: Honor Scammel
The Girl in the Café
2005
Actor: Ruth
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
Actor: Judith Massingham
Byron
2003
Actor: Lady Judith Milban…
TV
Spooks
2002
Actor: Prosecution QC
TV
Waking the Dead
2001
Actor: Bonnie Yorke
The House of Mirth
2000
Actor: Judy Trenor
Crime and Punishment
1998
Actor: Katerina
TV
The Ice House
1997
Actor: Phoebe Maybury
TV
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Actor: Mrs. Rosalind McEn…
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Actor: Frances Cloade
TV
A Taste for Death
1988
Actor: Kate Miskin
Lionheart
1987
Actor: Madelaine
TV
Inspector Morse
1987
Actor: Nurse Wendy Hazlit…
Wetherby
1985
Actor: Chrissie
TV
Dalgliesh
1983
Actor: Kate Miskin
Crosstalk
1982
Actor: Cindy
TV
Timewatch
1982
Actor: Caecilia
TV
Minder
1979
Actor: Dee Rogers