- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1954
- Place of Birth
- Queensland, Australia
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.
Filmography
movieBoss Cat
2026 · Doris
movieThe Jester from Transylvania
2024 · Mrs. Pennington
tvThe Diplomat
2023 · Frances Munning
tvThe Chelsea Detective
2022 · Hilary Carmichael
tvWhitstable Pearl
2021 · Izzy
movieBreathe
2017 · Tid
tvAbsentia
2017 · Valerie Chandris
tvBack
2017 · Ellen
movieJackie
2016 · Janet Lee
tvThe Crown
2016 · Duchess of Gloucester
tvHoudini & Doyle
2016 · Mrs. Sulzbach
movieLondon Has Fallen
2016 · Home Secretary Rose Kenter
tvSiblings
2014 · Dr Barker
tvFather Brown
2013 · Rev. Mother Augustine
tvRipper Street
2012 · Flora Gable
movieW.E.
2011 · Dr. Vargas
tvVera
2011 · Veronica
tvSilk
2011 · Helen Guthrie
tvDownton Abbey
2010 · Lady Sinderby
movieHamlet
2009 · Gertrude
movieInvictus
2009 · Mrs. Pienaar
tvNew Street Law
2006 · Honor Scammel
movieAll About George
2005 · Evelyn
tvAll About George
2005 · Evelyn
movieThe Girl in the Café
2005 · Ruth
movieFalling
2005 · Hazel Kent
movieMurder in Rome
2005 · Caecilia
movieSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004 · Judith Massingham
tvMurder in Suburbia
2004 · Zenith
movieByron
2003 · Lady Judith Milbanke
tvTrust
2003 · Anita Matteo
movieVivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003 · Self - Narrator
tvByron
2003 · Lady Judith Milbanke
tvSpooks
2002 · Prosecution QC
tvThe Cazalets
2001 · Sid
tvWaking the Dead
2001 · Bonnie Yorke
movieThe House of Mirth
2000 · Judy Trenor
movieLost for Words
1999 · Aileen Longden
movieCrime and Punishment
1998 · Katerina
tvA Certain Justice
1998 · Venetia Aldridge
movieFood of Love
1997 · Mary
tvThe Ice House
1997 · Phoebe Maybury
tvMadson
1996 · Anderton
tvKavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
movieParadise
1994 · Linda
tvStanley and the Women
1991 · Susan Duke
movieEx
1991 · Sheila
tvScreen One
1989 · Sheila
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Frances Cloade
tvA Taste for Death
1988 · Kate Miskin
Campaign
tvCampaign
1988 · Sarah Copeland
movieLionheart
1987 · Madelaine
tvInspector Morse
1987 · Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
movieWetherby
1985 · Chrissie
tvDalgliesh
1983 · Kate Miskin
movieCrosstalk
1982 · Cindy
tvTimewatch
1982 · Caecilia
tvMinder
1979 · Dee Rogers