Penny Downie
Acting
Born: 1954-01-01 · 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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Boss Cat
2026
Doris
The Jester from Transylvania
2024
Mrs. Pennington
Breathe
2017
Tid
Jackie
2016
Janet Lee
London Has Fallen
2016
Home Secretary Rose Kenter
W.E.
2011
Dr. Vargas
Hamlet
2009
Gertrude
Invictus
2009
Mrs. Pienaar
All About George
2005
Evelyn
The Girl in the Café
2005
Ruth
Falling
2005
Hazel Kent
Murder in Rome
2005
Caecilia
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
Judith Massingham
Byron
2003
Lady Judith Milbanke
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003
Self - Narrator
The House of Mirth
2000
Judy Trenor
Lost for Words
1999
Aileen Longden
Crime and Punishment
1998
Katerina
Food of Love
1997
Mary
Paradise
1994
Linda
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Diplomat
2023
Frances Munning
The Chelsea Detective
2022
Hilary Carmichael
Whitstable Pearl
2021
Izzy
Absentia
2017
Valerie Chandris
Back
2017
Ellen
The Crown
2016
Duchess of Gloucester
Houdini & Doyle
2016
Mrs. Sulzbach
Siblings
2014
Dr Barker
Father Brown
2013
Rev. Mother Augustine
Ripper Street
2012
Flora Gable
Vera
2011
Veronica
Silk
2011
Helen Guthrie
Downton Abbey
2010
Lady Sinderby
New Street Law
2006
Honor Scammel
All About George
2005
Evelyn
Murder in Suburbia
2004
Zenith
Trust
2003
Anita Matteo
Byron
2003
Lady Judith Milbanke
Spooks
2002
Prosecution QC
The Cazalets
2001
Sid