Penny Downie
Acting
Born January 1, 1954
From 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.
Filmography
Boss Cat
Doris
2026
The Jester from Transylvania
Mrs. Pennington
2024
Breathe
Tid
20177.4
Jackie
Janet Lee
20166.5
London Has Fallen
Home Secretary Rose Kenter
20166.2
W.E.
Dr. Vargas
20116.3
Hamlet
Gertrude
20097.3
Invictus
Mrs. Pienaar
20097.2
All About George
Evelyn
20055.5
The Girl in the Café
Ruth
20057.1
Falling
Hazel Kent
20057.9
Murder in Rome
Caecilia
20057.0
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Judith Massingham
20046.4
Byron
Lady Judith Milbanke
20034.8
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Self - Narrator
20038.0
The House of Mirth
Judy Trenor
20006.3
Lost for Words
Aileen Longden
19996.5
Crime and Punishment
Katerina
19986.5
Food of Love
Mary
19974.0
Paradise
Linda
1994
Ex
Sheila
199110.0
Lionheart
Madelaine
19875.6
Wetherby
Chrissie
19856.0
Crosstalk
Cindy
19825.3