Penny Downie

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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.

Born: January 1, 1954 in Queensland, Australia (age 71)

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Known For

7.4

The Crown

Movies & TV Credits

48 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Diplomat TV Show	7.8	Actress	Frances Munning(8 Episodes)	2023
The Chelsea Detective TV Show	7.2	Actress	Hilary Carmichael(1 Episode)	2022
The Jester from Transylvania Movie	5.1	Actress	Mrs. Pennington	2020
Breathe Movie	7.4	Actress	Tid	2017
Back TV Show	7.1	Actress	Ellen(12 Episodes)	2017
Absentia TV Show	7.3	Actress	Valerie Chandris(3 Episodes)	2017
London Has Fallen Movie	6.0	Actress	Home Secretary Rose Kenter	2016
Jackie Movie	6.4	Actress	Janet Lee	2016
The Crown TV Show	8.4	Actress	Duchess of Gloucester(9 Episodes)	2016
Houdini and Doyle Limited Series	7.1	Actress	Mrs. Sulzbach(1 Episode)	2016
Father Brown TV Show	7.6	Actress	Rev. Mother Augustine(1 Episode)	2013
Ripper Street TV Show	7.9	Actress	Flora Gable(1 Episode)	2012
W.E. Movie	6.0	Actress	Dr. Vargas	2011
Vera TV Show	8.0	Actress	Veronica(1 Episode)	2011
Downton Abbey TV Show	8.5	Actress	Lady Sinderby(3 Episodes)	2010
Invictus Movie	7.4	Actress	Mrs. Pienaar	2009
Hamlet Movie	7.9	Actress	Gertrude	2009
New Street Law TV Show	7.0	Actress	Honor Scammel(14 Episodes)	2006
All About George TV Show	7.6	Actress	Evelyn(6 Episodes)	2005
Murder in Rome Movie	8.1	Actress	Caecilia	2005
The Girl in the Café Movie	7.5	Actress	Ruth	2005
Falling Movie	6.9	Actress	Hazel Kent	2005
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Movie	6.5	Actress	Judith Massingham	2004
Byron Limited Series	—	Actress	Lady Judith Milbanke(2 Episodes)	2003
Byron Movie	6.8	Actress	Lady Judith Milbanke	2003
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind Movie	8.7	Actress	Self - Narrator	2003
MI-5 TV Show	8.2	Actress	Prosecution QC(1 Episode)	2002
The Cazalets TV Show	6.9	Actress	Sid(6 Episodes)	2001
The House of Mirth Movie	6.8	Actress	Judy Trenor	2000
Waking the Dead TV Show	7.7	Actress	Bonnie Yorke(2 Episodes)	2000
Lost for Words Movie	7.8	Actress	Aileen Longden	1999
A Certain Justice TV Show	6.9	Actress	Venetia Aldridge	1998
Crime and Punishment Movie	5.8	Actress	Katerina	1998
Food of Love Movie	4.5	Actress	Mary	1997
The Ice House Limited Series	7.0	Actress	Phoebe Maybury(2 Episodes)	1997
Kavanagh QC TV Show	7.5	Actress	Mrs. Rosalind McEnery(1 Episode)	1995
Paradise Movie	—	Actress	Linda	1994
Ex Movie	7.3	Actress	Sheila	1991
Stanley and the Women Limited Series	7.0	Actress	Susan Duke(4 Episodes)	1991
Poirot TV Show	8.4	Actress	Frances Cloade(1 Episode)	1989
A Taste for Death Limited Series	7.4	Actress	Kate Miskin(6 Episodes)	1988
Lionheart Movie	4.9	Actress	Madelaine	1987
Inspector Morse TV Show	8.0	Actress	Nurse Wendy Hazlitt(1 Episode)	1987
Wetherby Movie	6.3	Actress	Chrissie	1985
Dalgliesh TV Show	—	Actress	Kate Miskin(1 Episode)	1983
Crosstalk Movie	5.2	Actress	Cindy	1982
Timewatch TV Show	7.5	Actress	Caecilia(1 Episode)	1982
Minder TV Show	7.6	Actress	Dee Rogers(1 Episode)	1979

Penny Downie

Known For

Invictus

London Has Fallen

Downton Abbey

The Crown

Movies & TV Credits