Penny Downie
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 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
The Girl in the Café
2005Ruth
Hamlet
2009Gertrude
Ex
1991Sheila
Falling
2005Hazel Kent
Lost for Words
1999Aileen Longden
Crime and Punishment
1998Katerina
Paradise
1994Linda
Murder in Rome
2005Caecilia
Byron
2003Lady Judith Milbanke
Crosstalk
1982Cindy
The House of Mirth
2000Judy Trenor
London Has Fallen
2016Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
2003Self - Narrator
Invictus
2009Mrs. Pienaar
Wetherby
1985Chrissie
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004Judith Massingham
Jackie
2016Janet Lee
Lionheart
1987Madelaine
Food of Love
1997Mary