Penny Downie

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 & TV Shows

1. London Has Fallen (2016) — Home Secretary Rose Kenter
2. Invictus (2009) — Mrs. Pienaar
3. Jackie (2016) — Janet Lee
4. The Crown (2016) — Duchess of Gloucester
5. Downton Abbey (2010) — Lady Sinderby
6. Breathe (2017) — Tid
7. Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) — Frances Cloade
8. The Diplomat (2023) — Frances Munning
9. Absentia (2017) — Valerie Chandris
10. W.E. (2011) — Dr. Vargas
11. Ripper Street (2012) — Flora Gable
12. Vera (2011) — Veronica
13. Inspector Morse (1987) — Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
14. Spooks (2002) — Prosecution QC
15. Father Brown (2013) — Rev. Mother Augustine
16. The Girl in the Café (2005) — Ruth
17. The House of Mirth (2000) — Judy Trenor
18. Hamlet (2009) — Gertrude
19. The Chelsea Detective (2022) — Hilary Carmichael
20. Back (2017) — Ellen
21. Silk (2011) — Helen Guthrie
22. Houdini & Doyle (2016) — Mrs. Sulzbach
23. Waking the Dead (2001) — Bonnie Yorke
24. Wetherby (1985) — Chrissie
25. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) — Judith Massingham
26. Whitstable Pearl (2021) — Izzy
27. Minder (1979) — Dee Rogers
28. Lionheart (1987) — Madelaine
29. Murder in Suburbia (2004) — Zenith
30. Siblings (2014) — Dr Barker
31. The Ice House (1997) — Phoebe Maybury
32. Crime and Punishment (1998) — Katerina
33. Byron (2003) — Lady Judith Milbanke
34. Kavanagh Q.C. (1995) — Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
35. Crosstalk (1982) — Cindy
36. New Street Law (2006) — Honor Scammel
37. Timewatch (1982) — Caecilia
38. A Taste for Death (1988) — Kate Miskin
39. Dalgliesh (1983) — Kate Miskin
40. The Cazalets (2001) — Sid