Penny Downie
Acting
- Born:
- 1954-01-01
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Boss Cat
The Jester from Transylvania
The Diplomat
The Chelsea Detective
Whitstable Pearl
Breathe
Absentia
Back
Jackie
The Crown
Houdini & Doyle
London Has Fallen
Siblings
Father Brown
Ripper Street
W.E.
Vera
Silk
Downton Abbey
Hamlet
Invictus
New Street Law
All About George
The Girl in the Café
Falling
Murder in Rome
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Murder in Suburbia
Byron
Trust
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Byron
Spooks
The Cazalets
Waking the Dead
The House of Mirth
Lost for Words
Crime and Punishment
A Certain Justice
Food of Love
The Ice House
Madson
Kavanagh Q.C.
Paradise
Stages
Underbelly
Stanley and the Women
Ex
Screen One
Agatha Christie's Poirot
A Taste for Death
Campaign
Lionheart
Inspector Morse
Wetherby
Dalgliesh
Crosstalk
Timewatch
Minder
Doobie and a Lil Cup of Coffee