Penny Downie

Penny Downie

Age: 71 years old
Born: January 1, 1954 in Queensland, Australia
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.
The Chelsea Detective

The Chelsea Detective

TV | 2024
Hilary Carmichael
One Episode
Whitstable Pearl

Whitstable Pearl

TV | 2024
Izzy
One Episode
The Diplomat

The Diplomat

TV | 2023
Frances Munning
8 Episodes
The Jester from Transylvania

The Jester from Transylvania

Movie | 2020
Mrs. Pennington
The Crown

The Crown

TV | 2019
Duchess of Gloucester
9 Episodes
Absentia

Absentia

TV | 2019
Valerie Chandris
3 Episodes
Breathe

Breathe

Movie | 2017
Tid
Back

Back

TV | 2017
Ellen
12 Episodes
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

Movie | 2016
Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Jackie

Jackie

Movie | 2016
Janet Lee
Houdini & Doyle

Houdini & Doyle

TV | 2016
Mrs. Sulzbach
One Episode
Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

TV | 2014
Lady Sinderby
3 Episodes
Father Brown

Father Brown

TV | 2013
Rev. Mother Augustine
One Episode
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

TV | 2013
Flora Gable
One Episode
Vera

Vera

TV | 2012
Veronica
One Episode
W.E.

W.E.

Movie | 2011
Dr. Vargas
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

TV | 2011
Bonnie Yorke
2 Episodes
Hamlet

Hamlet

Movie | 2009
Gertrude
Invictus

Invictus

Movie | 2009
Mrs. Pienaar
New Street Law

New Street Law

TV | 2006
Honor Scammel
14 Episodes
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV | 2006
Frances Cloade
One Episode
The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

Movie | 2005
Ruth
Falling

Falling

Movie | 2005
Hazel Kent
Murder in Rome

Murder in Rome

Movie | 2005
Caecilia
Timewatch

Timewatch

TV | 2005
Caecilia
One Episode
All About George

All About George

TV | 2005
Evelyn
6 Episodes
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Movie | 2004
Judith Massingham
Spooks

Spooks

TV | 2004
Prosecution QC
One Episode
Byron

Byron

Movie | 2003
Lady Judith Milbanke
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Movie | 2003
Self - Narrator
Byron

Byron

TV | 2003
Lady Judith Milbanke
2 Episodes
The Cazalets

The Cazalets

TV | 2001
Sid
6 Episodes
The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

Movie | 2000
Judy Trenor
Lost for Words

Lost for Words

Movie | 1999
Aileen Longden
Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

TV | 1999
Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
One Episode
A Certain Justice

A Certain Justice

Movie | 1998
Venetia Aldridge
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Movie | 1998
Katerina
Food of Love

Food of Love

Movie | 1997
Mary
The Ice House

The Ice House

TV | 1997
Phoebe Maybury
2 Episodes
Paradise

Paradise

Movie | 1994
Linda
Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

TV | 1993
Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
One Episode
Ex

Ex

Movie | 1991
Sheila
Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women

TV | 1991
Susan Duke
4 Episodes
A Taste for Death

A Taste for Death

TV | 1988
Kate Miskin
6 Episodes
Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

TV | 1988
Kate Miskin
One Episode
Lionheart

Lionheart

Movie | 1987
Madelaine
Wetherby

Wetherby

Movie | 1985
Chrissie
Minder

Minder

TV | 1984
Dee Rogers
One Episode
Crosstalk

Crosstalk

Movie | 1982
Cindy