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

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
as Frances Cloade
The Crown
The Crown
2016 · TV
as Duchess of Gloucester
Vera
Vera
2011 · TV
as Veronica
Father Brown
Father Brown
2013 · TV
as Rev. Mother Augustine
Minder
Minder
1979 · TV
as Dee Rogers
Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey
2010 · TV
as Lady Sinderby
Spooks
Spooks
2002 · TV
as Prosecution QC
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV
as Bonnie Yorke
The Diplomat
The Diplomat
2023 · TV
as Frances Munning
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Ripper Street
Ripper Street
2012 · TV
as Flora Gable
Absentia
Absentia
2017 · TV
as Valerie Chandris
The Chelsea Detective
The Chelsea Detective
2022 · TV
as Hilary Carmichael
Timewatch
Timewatch
1982 · TV
as Caecilia
Silk
Silk
2011 · TV
as Helen Guthrie
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
Houdini & Doyle
Houdini & Doyle
2016 · TV
as Mrs. Sulzbach
Dalgliesh
Dalgliesh
1983 · TV
as Kate Miskin
Whitstable Pearl
Whitstable Pearl
2021 · TV
as Izzy
Murder in Suburbia
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · TV
as Zenith
New Street Law
New Street Law
2006 · TV
as Honor Scammel
Invictus
Invictus
2009 · Movie
as Mrs. Pienaar