PENNY DOWNIE
Penny Downie
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: January 1, 1954
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.
Filmography
Starring
Mrs. Pennington
2023·
The DiplomatFrances Munning
Hilary Carmichael
2021·
Whitstable PearlIzzy
2017·
AbsentiaValerie Chandris
2017·
BackEllen
2017·
BreatheTid
2016·
The CrownDuchess of Gloucester
2016·
Houdini & DoyleMrs. Sulzbach
2016·
JackieJanet Lee
2016·
London Has FallenHome Secretary Rose Kenter
2013·
Father BrownRev. Mother Augustine
2012·
Ripper StreetFlora Gable
2011·
SilkHelen Guthrie
2011·
VeraVeronica
2011·
W.E.Dr. Vargas
2010·
Downton AbbeyLady Sinderby
2009·
InvictusMrs. Pienaar
2009·
HamletGertrude
2006·
New Street LawHonor Scammel
2005·
All About GeorgeEvelyn, Evelyn
2005·
Murder in RomeCaecilia
2005·
FallingHazel Kent
2005·
The Girl in the CaféRuth
Judith Massingham
2003·
ByronLady Judith Milbanke, Lady Judith Milbanke
Self - Narrator
2002·
SpooksProsecution QC
2001·
Waking the DeadBonnie Yorke
2001·
The CazaletsSid
2000·
The House of MirthJudy Trenor
1999·
Lost for WordsAileen Longden
1998·
Crime and PunishmentKaterina
1997·
The Ice HousePhoebe Maybury
1997·
Food of LoveMary
1995·
Kavanagh Q.C.Mrs. Rosalind McEnery
1994·
ParadiseLinda
Susan Duke
1991·
ExSheila
Frances Cloade
1988·
A Taste for DeathKate Miskin
1987·
Inspector MorseNurse Wendy Hazlitt
1987·
LionheartMadelaine
1985·
WetherbyChrissie
1983·
DalglieshKate Miskin
1982·
TimewatchCaecilia
1982·
CrosstalkCindy
1979·
MinderDee Rogers