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Penny Downie

Acting
Known For

71 Years Old

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

Queensland, Australia on 1st January 1954

All Credits

Agatha Christie's Poirot Image
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Frances Cloade
The Crown Image
The Crown
Duchess of Gloucester
Downton Abbey Image
Downton Abbey
Lady Sinderby
Father Brown Image
Father Brown
Rev. Mother Augustine
Vera Image
Vera
Veronica
Waking the Dead Image
Waking the Dead
Bonnie Yorke
Minder Image
Minder
Dee Rogers
Absentia Image
Absentia
Valerie Chandris
The Diplomat Image
The Diplomat
Frances Munning
Ripper Street Image
Ripper Street
Flora Gable
Kavanagh Q.C. Image
Kavanagh Q.C.
Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
The Chelsea Detective Image
The Chelsea Detective
Hilary Carmichael
Spooks Image
Spooks
Prosecution QC
Houdini & Doyle Image
Houdini & Doyle
Mrs. Sulzbach
Inspector Morse Image
Inspector Morse
Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Timewatch Image
Timewatch
Caecilia
Dalgliesh Image
Dalgliesh
Kate Miskin
London Has Fallen Image
London Has Fallen
Home Secretary Rose Kenter
Back Image
Back
Ellen
The Cazalets Image
The Cazalets
Sid
Invictus Image
Invictus
Mrs. Pienaar
All About George Image
All About George
Evelyn
Byron Image
Byron
Lady Judith Milbanke
Breathe Image
Breathe
Tid
Jackie Image
Jackie
Janet Lee
New Street Law Image
New Street Law
Honor Scammel
W.E. Image
W.E.
Dr. Vargas
The Ice House Image
The Ice House
Phoebe Maybury
A Taste for Death Image
A Taste for Death
Kate Miskin
Stanley and the Women Image
Stanley and the Women
Susan Duke
Crime and Punishment Image
Crime and Punishment
Katerina
Lionheart Image
Lionheart
Madelaine
The House of Mirth Image
The House of Mirth
Judy Trenor
Hamlet Image
Hamlet
Gertrude
The Girl in the Café Image
The Girl in the Café
Ruth
The Jester from Transylvania Image
The Jester from Transylvania
Mrs. Pennington
Wetherby Image
Wetherby
Chrissie
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Image
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Judith Massingham
Byron Image
Byron
Lady Judith Milbanke
Crosstalk Image
Crosstalk
Cindy
No Image
A Certain Justice
Venetia Aldridge
Food of Love Image
Food of Love
Mary
Falling Image
Falling
Hazel Kent
Ex Image
Ex
Sheila
Lost for Words Image
Lost for Words
Aileen Longden
Paradise Image
Paradise
Linda
Murder in Rome Image
Murder in Rome
Caecilia
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind Image
Vivian Stanshall: The Canyons of his Mind
Self - Narrator