Penny Downie
Acting
Born: 1954-01-01 in 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
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Frances Cloade
Downton Abbey
Lady Sinderby
Father Brown
Rev. Mother Augustine
The Crown
Duchess of Gloucester
Vera
Veronica
Spooks
Prosecution QC
Minder
Dee Rogers
Absentia
Valerie Chandris
Waking the Dead
Bonnie Yorke
The Diplomat
Frances Munning
Inspector Morse
Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Ripper Street
Flora Gable
Timewatch
Caecilia
The Chelsea Detective
Hilary Carmichael
Silk
Helen Guthrie
London Has Fallen
Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Houdini & Doyle
Mrs. Sulzbach
Kavanagh Q.C.
Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
Screen One
Sheila
A Taste for Death
Kate Miskin
Whitstable Pearl
Izzy
Dalgliesh
Kate Miskin
Invictus
Mrs. Pienaar
Breathe
Tid
Murder in Suburbia
Zenith
Jackie
Janet Lee
New Street Law
Honor Scammel
Siblings
Dr Barker
Back
Ellen
W.E.
Dr. Vargas
The Cazalets
Sid
Trust
Anita Matteo
Byron
Lady Judith Milbanke
Boss Cat
Doris
All About George
Evelyn
The House of Mirth
Judy Trenor
Madson
Anderton
Underbelly
Barbara Manning
Stanley and the Women
Susan Duke