Penny Downie

Penny Downie

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1 January 1954 (72 years old)
Place of birthQueensland, Australia
Known credits59

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.

Boss Cat
Boss Cat
2026 · Doris
The Jester from Transylvania
The Jester from Transylvania
2024 · Mrs. Pennington
The Diplomat
The Diplomat
2023 · Frances Munning
The Chelsea Detective
The Chelsea Detective
2022 · Hilary Carmichael
Whitstable Pearl
Whitstable Pearl
2021 · Izzy
Breathe
Breathe
2017 · Tid
Absentia
Absentia
2017 · Valerie Chandris
Back
Back
2017 · Ellen
Jackie
Jackie
2016 · Janet Lee
The Crown
The Crown
2016 · Duchess of Gloucester
Houdini & Doyle
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · Mrs. Sulzbach
London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen
2016 · Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Siblings
Siblings
2014 · Dr Barker
Father Brown
Father Brown
2013 · Rev. Mother Augustine
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
2012 · Flora Gable
W.E.
W.E.
2011 · Dr. Vargas
Vera
Vera
2011 · Veronica
Silk
Silk
2011 · Helen Guthrie
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
2010 · Lady Sinderby
Hamlet
Hamlet
2009 · Gertrude
Invictus
Invictus
2009 · Mrs. Pienaar
New Street Law
New Street Law
2006 · Honor Scammel
All About George
All About George
2005 · Evelyn
The Girl in the Café
The Girl in the Café
2005 · Ruth
Falling
Falling
2005 · Hazel Kent
Murder in Rome
Murder in Rome
2005 · Caecilia
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004 · Judith Massingham
Murder in Suburbia
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · Zenith
Byron
Byron
2003 · Lady Judith Milbanke
Trust
Trust
2003 · Anita Matteo
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003 · Self - Narrator
Byron
Byron
2003 · Lady Judith Milbanke
Spooks
Spooks
2002 · Prosecution QC
The Cazalets
The Cazalets
2001 · Sid
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
2001 · Bonnie Yorke
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth
2000 · Judy Trenor
Lost for Words
Lost for Words
1999 · Aileen Longden
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
1998 · Katerina
A Certain Justice
A Certain Justice
1998 · Venetia Aldridge
Food of Love
Food of Love
1997 · Mary
The Ice House
The Ice House
1997 · Phoebe Maybury
Madson
Madson
1996 · Anderton
Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
Paradise
Paradise
1994 · Linda
Stages
1994 · Linda
Underbelly
Underbelly
1992 · Barbara Manning
Stanley and the Women
Stanley and the Women
1991 · Susan Duke
Ex
Ex
1991 · Sheila
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