Penny Downie
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1954-01-01 (age 72)
- 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
TV Shows (33)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Frances Cloade
The Crown
2016
as Duchess of Gloucester
Vera
2011
as Veronica
Downton Abbey
2010
as Lady Sinderby
Father Brown
2013
as Rev. Mother Augustine
Spooks
2002
as Prosecution QC
Minder
1979
as Dee Rogers
Waking the Dead
2001
as Bonnie Yorke
Inspector Morse
1987
as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Absentia
2017
as Valerie Chandris
The Diplomat
2023
as Frances Munning
Ripper Street
2012
as Flora Gable
Silk
2011
as Helen Guthrie
Timewatch
1982
as Caecilia
The Chelsea Detective
2022
as Hilary Carmichael
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
Whitstable Pearl
2021
as Izzy
Dalgliesh
1983
as Kate Miskin
Screen One
1989
as Sheila
Murder in Suburbia
2004
as Zenith
Houdini & Doyle
2016
as Mrs. Sulzbach
Back
2017
as Ellen
New Street Law
2006
as Honor Scammel
The Cazalets
2001
as Sid
Siblings
2014
as Dr Barker
Madson
1996
as Anderton
Byron
2003
as Lady Judith Milbanke
Trust
2003
as Anita Matteo
All About George
2005
as Evelyn
A Taste for Death
1988
as Kate Miskin
The Ice House
1997
as Phoebe Maybury
Stanley and the Women
1991
as Susan Duke
A Certain Justice
1998
as Venetia Aldridge
Movies (24)
London Has Fallen
2016
as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Invictus
2009
as Mrs. Pienaar
W.E.
2011
as Dr. Vargas
Jackie
2016
as Janet Lee
Breathe
2017
as Tid
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
as Judith Massingham
The House of Mirth
2000
as Judy Trenor
Lionheart
1987
as Madelaine
Wetherby
1985
as Chrissie
Hamlet
2009
as Gertrude
The Girl in the Café
2005
as Ruth
Byron
2003
as Lady Judith Milbanke
Ex
1991
as Sheila
Crime and Punishment
1998
as Katerina
Falling
2005
as Hazel Kent
Food of Love
1997
as Mary
Crosstalk
1982
as Cindy
Lost for Words
1999
as Aileen Longden
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
as Mrs. Pennington
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003
as Self - Narrator
Paradise
1994
as Linda
All About George
2005
as Evelyn
Murder in Rome
2005
as Caecilia
Boss Cat
2026
as Doris
About Penny Downie
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. With 57 credits spanning from 1979 to 2026, Penny Downie has appeared in 24 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Penny Downie Movies
- London Has Fallen (2016) — as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
- Invictus (2009) — as Mrs. Pienaar
- W.E. (2011) — as Dr. Vargas
- Jackie (2016) — as Janet Lee
- Breathe (2017) — as Tid
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