Penny Downie

Penny Downie

Acting • Born 1954-01-01 • 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.

Filmography

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 • Frances Cloade
The Crown 8.2
The Crown
2016 • Duchess of Gloucester
Father Brown 7.6
Father Brown
2013 • Rev. Mother Augustine
Minder 7.0
Minder
1979 • Dee Rogers
Vera 7.5
Vera
2011 • Veronica
Spooks 7.7
Spooks
2002 • Prosecution QC
Downton Abbey 8.1
Downton Abbey
2010 • Lady Sinderby
Waking the Dead 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001 • Bonnie Yorke
Absentia 7.2
Absentia
2017 • Valerie Chandris
Inspector Morse 7.9
Inspector Morse
1987 • Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
The Diplomat 7.6
The Diplomat
2023 • Frances Munning
Ripper Street 7.5
Ripper Street
2012 • Flora Gable
Kavanagh Q.C. 7.0
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 • Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
Silk 7.5
Silk
2011 • Helen Guthrie
The Chelsea Detective 6.3
The Chelsea Detective
2022 • Hilary Carmichael
Timewatch 6.9
Timewatch
1982 • Caecilia
Whitstable Pearl 6.7
Whitstable Pearl
2021 • Izzy
Dalgliesh 6.9
Dalgliesh
1983 • Kate Miskin
Houdini & Doyle 6.5
Houdini & Doyle
2016 • Mrs. Sulzbach
London Has Fallen 6.2
London Has Fallen
2016 • Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Invictus 7.2
Invictus
2009 • Mrs. Pienaar
Breathe 7.4
Breathe
2017 • Tid
New Street Law 6.6
New Street Law
2006 • Honor Scammel
The Cazalets 8.5
The Cazalets
2001 • Sid
Back 7.2
Back
2017 • Ellen
Madson 6.5
Madson
1996 • Anderton
All About George
All About George
2005 • Evelyn
Jackie 6.5
Jackie
2016 • Janet Lee
A Taste for Death 4.8
A Taste for Death
1988 • Kate Miskin
The Ice House 6.1
The Ice House
1997 • Phoebe Maybury
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