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Penny Downie

Penny Downie

1954-01-01 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.

Movies

London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

2016 6.2

as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Jackie

Jackie

2016 6.5

as Janet Lee
Invictus

Invictus

2009 7.2

as Mrs. Pienaar
Breathe

Breathe

2017 7.4

as Tid
W.E.

W.E.

2011 6.4

as Dr. Vargas
Hamlet

Hamlet

2009 7.3

as Gertrude
The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

2000 6.2

as Judy Trenor
Wetherby

Wetherby

1985 6.0

as Chrissie
Lionheart

Lionheart

1987 5.2

as Madelaine
The Girl in the Café

The Girl in the Café

2005 7.1

as Ruth
Byron

Byron

2003 5.0

as Lady Judith Milbanke
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

1998 6.6

as Katerina
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

2004 6.4

as Judith Massingham
Ex

Ex

1991 0.0

as Sheila
Food of Love

Food of Love

1997 3.5

as Mary
The Jester from Transylvania

The Jester from Transylvania

2020 6.0

as Mrs. Pennington
Crosstalk

Crosstalk

1982 4.6

as Cindy
Lost for Words

Lost for Words

1999 7.0

as Aileen Longden
Falling

Falling

2005 6.8

as Hazel Kent
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind

2003 0.0

as Self - Narrator
Murder in Rome

Murder in Rome

2005 7.0

as Caecilia
Paradise

Paradise

1994 0.0

as Linda

TV Shows

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 8.1

as Frances Cloade
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2001 7.3

as Bonnie Yorke
Vera

Vera

2011 7.4

as Veronica
The Crown

The Crown

2016 8.2

as Duchess of Gloucester
Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2010 8.1

as Lady Sinderby
Father Brown

Father Brown

2013 7.5

as Rev. Mother Augustine
Minder

Minder

1979 6.8

as Dee Rogers
Spooks

Spooks

2002 7.6

as Prosecution QC
Ripper Street

Ripper Street

2012 7.4

as Flora Gable
Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

1987 7.8

as Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Timewatch

Timewatch

1982 6.9

as Caecilia
Absentia

Absentia

2017 7.3

as Valerie Chandris
Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

1995 7.0

as Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
The Chelsea Detective

The Chelsea Detective

2022 6.4

as Hilary Carmichael
The Diplomat

The Diplomat

2023 7.5

as Frances Munning
Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

1983 6.9

as Kate Miskin
Back

Back

2017 7.3

as Ellen
New Street Law

New Street Law

2006 6.6

as Honor Scammel
Houdini & Doyle

Houdini & Doyle

2016 6.5

as Mrs. Sulzbach
The Cazalets

The Cazalets

2001 8.0

as Sid
The Ice House

The Ice House

1997 6.4

as Phoebe Maybury
Byron

Byron

2003 5.0

as Lady Judith Milbanke
A Taste for Death

A Taste for Death

1988 4.7

as Kate Miskin
Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women

1991 6.0

as Susan Duke