Penny Downie

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

The Crown
The Crown
2016 · TV
as Duchess of Gloucester
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
as Frances Cloade
Vera
Vera
2011 · TV
as Veronica
Father Brown
Father Brown
2013 · TV
as Rev. Mother Augustine
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
2010 · TV
as Lady Sinderby
Minder
Minder
1979 · TV
as Dee Rogers
Spooks
Spooks
2002 · TV
as Prosecution QC
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV
as Bonnie Yorke
Absentia
Absentia
2017 · TV
as Valerie Chandris
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Silk
Silk
2011 · TV
as Helen Guthrie
The Diplomat
The Diplomat
2023 · TV
as Frances Munning
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
2012 · TV
as Flora Gable
The Chelsea Detective
The Chelsea Detective
2022 · TV
as Hilary Carmichael
Timewatch
Timewatch
1982 · TV
as Caecilia
Screen One
Screen One
1989 · TV
as Sheila
Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · TV
as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
London Has Fallen
London Has Fallen
2016 · Movie
as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Whitstable Pearl
Whitstable Pearl
2021 · TV
as Izzy
Dalgliesh
Dalgliesh
1983 · TV
as Kate Miskin
Houdini & Doyle
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · TV
as Mrs. Sulzbach
Murder in Suburbia
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · TV
as Zenith
Back
Back
2017 · TV
as Ellen
Invictus
Invictus
2009 · Movie
as Mrs. Pienaar