Penny Downie
Known for ActingBorn 1954-01-01Queensland, Australia
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
London Has Fallen
2016 · as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Invictus
2009 · as Mrs. Pienaar
Jackie
2016 · as Janet Lee
Breathe
2017 · as Tid
The House of Mirth
2000 · as Judy Trenor
W.E.
2011 · as Dr. Vargas
Lionheart
1987 · as Madelaine
Hamlet
2009 · as Gertrude
Boss Cat
2026 · as Doris
Crime and Punishment
1998 · as Katerina
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004 · as Judith Massingham
Food of Love
1997 · as Mary
The Girl in the Café
2005 · as Ruth
Lost for Words
1999 · as Aileen Longden
Wetherby
1985 · as Chrissie
Murder in Rome
2005 · as Caecilia
Byron
2003 · as Lady Judith Milbanke
All About George
2005 · as Evelyn